The ESP Teacher

The ESP Teacher

The ESP teacher in the classroom is “…a knowledge provider and a facilitator of students’ learning and no more as a resourceful authority.” (Kashani et. al. 2007, p. 85). The teacher is more concerned with designing suitable syllabi for learners who have different needs and come from different fields and specialties.

“Thus, whereas course design plays a relatively minor part in the life of a General English teacher, courses here usually being determined either by tradition, choice of the textbook or ministerial decree, for the ESP teacher, course design is often a substantial and important part of the workload” (Hutchinson & Waters, 1987, p. 21).

Activity: why does Syllabus/Course design play a major role in the ESP teacher’s activities in comparison to the EGP teacher’s workload?