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ESP teacher education needs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 December 2017

Helen Basturkmen
Helen Basturkmen*
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University of Auckland, New Zealandh.basturkmen@auckland.ac.nz
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Abstract

Teaching English for academic purposes (EAP) and for specific purposes (ESP) are demanding areas in which to work. Teaching in these areas typically includes a range of tasks, such as investigating learner needs and specialist discourse, developing courses and materials in addition to classroom teaching. Therefore, teachers face a range of tasks which often require additional knowledge and skills. To date, the literature in EAP and ESP has tended to foreground the needs of learners and background the learning and knowledge needs of teachers. This plenary reviews themes in the literature on teacher education in ESP and reports on two research studies that investigated the practices and perspectives of experienced ESP and EAP teachers. Findings from the studies are discussed in relation to teacher education needs in this field.

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Language Teaching , Volume 52 , Issue 3 , July 2019 , pp. 318 - 330
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2017 

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Footnotes

Revised version of a plenary address given at the 2017 Asia-Pacific LSP and Professional Communication Conference, Victoria University of Wellington, 27 April

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