ESP is used as a communicative approach.

ESP is used as a target situation analysis.

English for Specific Purposes is a generic term used to indicate an approach practiced in teaching and learning of content-oriented English for any specific purpose.

ESP concentrates more on teaching grammar and language structures than on language in context.

ESP is not a matter of teaching ‘specialized varieties’ of English

The ESP focal point is that English is taught as a subject separated from the students’ real world (or wishes).

ESP is different in kind from any other form of other language teaching, in that it should be based in the first instance on principles of effective and efficient learning.

New developments in educational psychology has also contributed to the rise of ESP.

The growth of ESP was brought about by a combination of three important factors: the expansion of demand for English to suit particular needs and developments in the fields of linguistics and educational psychology.