English for Specific Purposes

1. What is ESP?

2. How is the origin and the development of ESP?

3. Why ESP is called as an Approach not Product?

4. What do you think about Language Description in ESP?

a. Classical/Traditional Grammar

b. Structural Linguistics

c. Transformational Generative Grammar

d. Language Variations and Register Analysis

e. Functional/Notional Grammar

f. Discourse (Rhetorical) Analysis

5. What are the strengths and weaknesses of each theory of Learning in ESP?

a. Behaviorism

b. Mentalism

c. Cognitive Code

d. Affective Factors

e. Learning and Acquisition

f. A Model for Learning

6. What are things to be considered in doing Needs Analysis in ESP?