ESP Curriculum and Materials

Prof. Anita Lie, Ed.D.

Unika Widya Mandala, Surabaya

www.anitalie.com

1. English is best taught monolingually ("the monolingual fallacy”)

2. The ideal teacher is a native speaker ("the native-speaker fallacy”)

3. The earlier English is taught, the better the results ("the early-start fallacy”)

4. The more English is taught, the better the results ("the maximum-exposure fallacy”)

5. If other languages are used much, standards of English will drop ("the subtractive fallacy").

5 FALLACIES in English Language Teaching

Helena Agustine, ppt slides, PPS WM 30/6/14

●CURRICULUM = what is taught. ● INSTRUCTION = how it is taught.

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M A T E R I A L S

Basic

Mastery

Organic

Enrichment

Enrichment

Structured

Nonstructured

AREAS OF CURRICULUM

Types of English Syllabi (Karl Krahnke)

1. Structural Syllabus 2. Functional/notional Syllabus 3. Situational Syllabus 4. Skills-based Syllabus 5. Task-based Syllabus 6. Content-Based Syllabus

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• ESP is usually associated with the Content-Based Syllabus/Instruction, although Ann Johns (2015) suggests there’s more to ESP than content. • Content and Language Integrated

Learning (CLIL) • Corpus linguistics has revolutionized ESP in

many ways. • ESP should incorporate multimedia and

multi-modalities • ESP specialists must be open, flexible,

sensitive to context—and very good learners! 8

Effective Principles of ELT

1. Meet your students where they are

2. Set high expectations for your students

3. Support your students

4. Use effective feedback

5. Never work harder than your students (Robyn R. Jackson)

6. Create Play Atmosphere in class

A sample of an ESP SyllabusSemester Suggested Coverage

1 • Review of English structure • Simpler Texts on the specific field, incl biographies of famous

people in the field • Report writing

2 • Intermediate-advanced Texts on the specific field, incl recent innovations in the field, if any (news, multimedia, social media)

• Report writing • Oral presentation

3 • World Literature in English (prose, drama, biographies) • Report writing and oral presentation

4 • Technical writing • Project-based assignments (interviewing, making video-clips) • Business presentation

Basic

Mastery

Organic

Enrichment

Enrichment

1. Choose a piece of literature to be covered in one or two lessons. 2. Write an enrichment activity plan individually 3. Share with a partner 4. Share what you have learned from your partner to the group of 4

WRITE-PAIR-SQUARE