Teaching English for Specific Purposes: An Introduction
ESP English for Specific Purposes) involves
teaching and learning the specific skills and language needed by
particular learners fur a particular purpose. The P in ESP is always a
professional purpose — a set of skills that learners currently need in
their work or will need in their professional careers. This broad
definition can be taken to include business skills, such as English for
Job-hunting or Presentations, but many ESP teachers sec their field as
distinct from mainstream Business English.