Research on Narrow Context ESP Course Design in Adult Education

摘要

The degree of social specialization demands the improvement of talents' specialization level, which is manifested in the Adult Higher education. One of the most important aspects is the degree of trainee's English specialization. It is English itself not the language teachers that decided its destiny and has become accountable to the scrutiny of the wider world. The traditional leisurely and purpose-free stroll through the landscape of the English language seemed no longer appropriate in the harsher realities of the social development, which arouse the development of ESP teaching in the adult higher education. How to tackle the fundamental questions in ESP practice and how to design and implement the ESP courses are the most important problems in EFL setting. This research focuses on the principles and practices in ESP course development and the implementation of ESP approach, including pedagogy, to provide the learners professional development with the background of internationalization.