ESP teaching process

Stages in the ESP Teaching Process

Dudley-Evans and Johns (1998, p. 121) maintain that “The key stages in ESP are needs analysis, course (and syllabus) design, materials selection (and production), teaching and learning, and evaluation.” ESP course design is the product of a dynamic interaction between these elements which “… are not separated, linearly-related activities, rather, they represent phases which overlap and are interdependent”.    

Dudley-Evans and St. Johns illustrate the theory and the reality of the stages in ESP process through these cyclical representations:

 

Activity: Take a look at the following figure and explain the difference between stages of ESP course design between theory and reality.