{"id":2065,"date":"2020-05-14T09:43:33","date_gmt":"2020-05-14T08:43:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/espsig.iatefl.org\/?page_id=2065"},"modified":"2021-07-14T11:06:10","modified_gmt":"2021-07-14T10:06:10","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/espsig.iatefl.org\/?page_id=2065","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Disseminating good practice and promoting models of excellence in ESP<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Welcome to the IATEFL ESPSIG\u2019s homepage! We are delighted that you are here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The English for Specific Purposes Special Interest Group (ESPSIG) is one of IATEFL\u2019s 16 SIGs. We are a niche body representing professionals and practitioners in English for Specific Purposes (ESP), English for Academic Purposes (EAP) and English for Occupational \/ Professional Purposes (EOP\/EPP). We have over 250 members working in the field of ESP who join us from all over the world and regularly attend our workshops, seminars, conferences and webinars. We also publish a bi-annual peer-reviewed journal, Professional and Academic English<\/em>, and our members also contribute to leading ELT journals and periodicals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The mission of our SIG is to disseminate good practice in ESP<\/strong> (as well as EAP and EOP\/EPP) through our membership, and to promote models of excellence in ESP<\/strong> to ELT professionals in the UK and abroad. Our coverage of ESP includes not only the teaching of this area of ELT, but also teacher training and materials design. Our main objectives, therefore, are to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n