TCH3243 Topic 2

What is the main purpose of an ESP course according to register analysis?

• To analyze the rhetorical structure of science texts

• To produce a syllabus relevant to learners' needs

• To focus on sentence grammar in scientific English

• To teach students interpretive strategies

During which phase of ESP development did the attention shift to understanding how sentences were combined in discourse to produce meaning?

• Rhetorical or discourse analysis

• Skills and Strategies

• Register analysis

• Target Situation Analysis

What is the aim of target situation analysis in ESP?

• To analyze learning needs

• To add new knowledge about ESP

• To design tasks requiring students to process texts

• To focus on language competence, functions, and structures

Which approach focuses on interpretive strategies enabling learners to cope with surface forms in ESP?

• Target Situation Analysis

• Skills and Strategies

• Register analysis

• Rhetorical or discourse analysis

What does a learning-centered approach in ESP emphasize?

• Reading and listening skills

• The rhetorical structure of science texts

• Processes of language learning

• Competence that enables someone to perform

What did Ewer and Hughes-Davies compare in their study related to ESP?

• The language forms commonly found in science texts

• The language of science texts with commercial texts

• The language of school textbooks with science texts

• The language forms in ESP courses with general English courses

What is the focus of the skills-centered approach in ESP?

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What is the principal idea behind the skill-centered approach in ESP?

• Analyzing the organizational patterns in texts

• Emphasizing the interpretive strategies for coping with surface forms

• Recognizing the rhetorical structure of science texts

• Focusing on reading and listening skills

What is the purpose of a learning-centered approach in ESP?

• To design tasks requiring students to process texts

• To analyze learning needs

• To understand the processes of language learning

• To focus on language competence

What is the stage that did not really add anything new to the range of knowledge about ESP?

• Rhetorical or Discourse Analysis

• Register Analysis

• Target Situation Analysis

• Skills and Strategies