Full Course Description
- Instructor: Tarek ASSASSI, an associate professor at Biskra University. Specialised in Applied Linguistics and ESP, Pedagogical Coordinator at the CEIL and Certified Assessor of Aviation English at Aures Aviation Academy.
- Contact Information: Phone: 00213790546464 – email: t.assassi@univ-biskra.dz
- Office hours: Sunday. 13:00 – 16:00 (CEIL Chetma)
- Course: ESP for Third Year Students (One “90 minutes” course per week at the former CEIL Bloc)
Course Description: this course is designed for third year level students as an introduction to English for Specific Purposes. It tackles the past, present and future of specialised courses and research in ESP. It helps students build a solid ground on ESP, its emergence, development and current status. Additionally, it provides vital details on designing specialised courses and following a coherent set of steps to fulfil specialised learners of English in the most efficient and least time and energy-consuming manner.
Prerequisite Knowledge: to attend this course, students must show adequate linguistic proficiency in both receptive and productive skills. Students must also acquire a standard knowledge of language aspects, linguistics and didactics. Skills related to Information and Communication Technologies are of a great importance and will serve learners’ learning process immensely.
Main Aim of the Course: this course aims mainly at developing students’ ESP course development skills. Starting from needs analysis through data collection to material selection and development.
Course Structure: during the first semester of the academic year, the course focuses on different notions and concepts related to ESP course design. Learners, in this period, need to develop their knowledge to be able to practice course design following an organised framework. The second semester is dedicated to put learnt knowledge into practice by collecting data from volunteering participants to detect specific needs and use them to design specialized materials. Students share their progress and production anyway they see fits, with encouraging public and oral presentations.
Course Policies: Ethical and academic behaviour are highly required and to be respected during the whole academic year. In case of missing classes, the students take full responsibility no matter what the alibi is. Zero tolerance policy on dishonesty, cheating, plagiarism and providing misleading information. Finally, students are allowed to use different electronic devices and other sources of information, only for educational purposes.