Historical Perspectives of ESP

According to Hutchinson and Waters, what three reasons led to the emergence of ESP?

• The demands of a brave new world, a revolution in linguistics and focus on the learner.

• Technology, commerce and war forces

• Course design, delivery and evaluation

When did English for Specific Purposes begin?

• 1970s

• 1980s

• 1960s

• 1990s

Complete this statement, ESP is divided into two main branches ___________ and _________________. (Write only the initials).

Hutchinson and Waters described the five main stages of development of ESP. Which ones of those focus on the analysis of language at its surface forms?

1. Register analysis

2. Rhetorical or discourse analysis

3. Target situation analysis

4. Skills and strategies

5. A learning-centered approach

• 1, 3 and 5.

• 1, 2 and 3.

• 1, 4 and 5.

• 1, 2, and 5.

Helen Basturkmen argues that ESP courses are narrower in focus than general ELT courses because they center on analysis of learners' needs. The statement shows that ESP views learners in terms of their work or study roles and that ESP courses focus on work-or-study related needs, not personal needs or general interests. Is this statement true?

• True

• False

• Not Given

David Carter identified a type of ESP where English is used as a restristed language. The language used by air traffic controllers or by waiters are examples of English as a restricted language since the repertoire require is strictly limited and can be accurately determined situationally. Provide an example of a restricted usage of English.

According to Gollin-Kies et al., the teaching of language for specific purposes started its expansion in Italy through the medieval arts of writing and rhetoric and basic educational building-blocks. When did this take place?

• Seventeeth-century

• Twentieth century

• The early decades of the renaissance period (from 14th to the 17th centuries)

According to Gollin-Kies et al., during _____________ scientists such as Galileo, Bacon, Boyle and Digby pointed out the need for a novel scientific language, quite different from ordinary speech.

• Seventeeth-century

• Twentieth century

• The early decades of the renaissance period (from 14th to the 17th centuries)

The need for agreement on technical and commercial terminology as world trade expanded in the eighteenth and nineteeth centuries resulted in a growth of lexicographical works aimed at fixing standard linguistic usage. Is this statement true?

• Yes

• No

Gollin-kies et al. states that the field of LSP has at different times been predominantly theory-driven and at other times predominantly practice-driven; however, Dudley-Evans denies that LSP has an estabished theory and suggest that training in LSP should focus on course design procedures rather than theory. Are these statements true?

• Yes

• No