- Prestigious international award (April 2008) given to one of our members
Dr Sofija Micic (ESP SIG member) was awarded the City of Belgrade Prize (Area: Education) for 2007 for her Medical Dictionary (English-Serbian/Serbian-English). It is one of the most prestigious awards in Serbia. There were over 150 pieces of work submitted and only 13 awards given for 7 different areas.
[pdf guide to the Dr. Sofija Micic... ]
- New book written by a Yemeni ESP Colleague
Dr Taha Al-Fotih from Yemen is the author of ‘A Syntactic Study of Errors in Written English’. The book was published by Thamar University Press in Yemen in 2007. The publication ‘presents a comprehensive treatment of the basic concepts of research design and statistics in syntactic error analysis’.
[pdf guide to the Yemeni Book... ]
- New book written by ESP Colleagues from Ethiopia
Courtesy of Dr Negussie Negash from Ethiopia (ESP specialist), here are the details of a recent publication from Ethiopia. ‘Maximising learning in large classes: issues and options’ was published by the British Council, and printed by United Printing Press (Ethiopia) in 2007. ‘This book focuses on the specific issues faced by teachers of English in large class environments’. The collective authors of the publication are Fauzia Shamim, Negussie Negash, Chineye Chuku, and Netsanet Demewoz. The book contains contributions of 11 participants of the ELT Hornby Summer School (Ethiopia, Aug-Sep 2006).
[pdf guide to the Ethiopian ESP Colleagues... ]
- New ESP book from the Open University (UK)
‘Professional Communication Skills for Business Studies’ is for students of business studies who want to develop specialised reading and writing skills for business study purposes. On the course, students will study a range of business related material that has been especially designed to develop their knowledge and their reading and writing skills. Topics include areas of human resource management; finance and accounting; marketing and a number of business analysis methods. Some of the course materials are authentic texts from the business world, others have been adapted or designed for the course. Different styles of writing from business studies and business are introduced. Through examining successful examples of student writing and work-related documents, and reflecting on what makes these texts successful, they will learn to write case studies, essays and reports.
This is a practical skills development course with numerous activities aimed at practising reading and writing for business studies and business. The focus of the course is on written English. Online communication is an important component of the course, enabling students to discuss the materials, contribute writing for comment from other fellow students, and read and comment on their work, exchanging ideas and experience. Students can submit drafts of their work by email and receive feedback on their writing from the tutor. For each of the three major types of writing, there is an assignment in which to apply the skills and use the knowledge students develop during the course.
More details can be found at the link below:
http://www3.open.ac.uk/courses/bin/p12.dll?C01LB160
[pdf guide to the PCSBS-Open University... ]
- DELTA – modularised – to include EAP
One of the most popular ELT training frameworks for experienced ELT professionals has been amended. The traditional UCLES DELTA (which in the late 1990s replaced the RSA/Cambridge DTEFLA and the RSA/Cambridge DOTE) is now offered in a modularised format, and ESP/EAP forms part of the new framework. More information about the restructured modules, and the role of ESP/EAP, will be provided on this website at the earliest opportunity. ESP/EAP colleagues who wish to share the views on the debate whether such diplomas prepare trainees for ESP/EAP work are asked to consult an article the link for which is listed below:
http://www.baleap.org.uk/pimreports/2001/bath/krzanowski.htm
‘S/He Holds the Trinity/UCLES Dip: Are They Ready to Teach EAP?’
- European English for Law Conference
The second European English for Law Conference will be taking place from 1st – 3rd May at the Fachhochschule, the University of Applied Sciences, in Ulm. It was organised by EULETA (the European Legal English Teachers Association). There were two tracks covering both English for Academic AND Professional Legal Purposes. For further details please see www.euleta.org A full report from the Conference will be published in the Winter/Spring edition of the ESP Journal (March 2009).
- New developments in English for Work / English for the Workplace
The need to have a certain level of proficiency in English in order to carry out professional duties is becoming a prominent issue in the UK. Very soon workers representing diverse professions (e.g. construction workers or football players) and for whom English is a foreign language will need to pass specific language tests. More information about such plans can be gleaned on:
http://mail.google.com/mail/?shva=1#search/construction+workers/118f1f6b3e068ce7
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article3883151.ece
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/noneu-football-stars-will-have-to-take-english-test-822149.html
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1134280.ece
A similar trend can be noticed in the US. Very soon female golfers will be ‘forced’ to learn English, as can be seen in the articles linked below:
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200808/s2349403.htm?tab=sport
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/learn-english-or-go-home-foreign-golfers-warned-910771.html
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