| Title: | ESP developments: stages and core concepts |
| Author: | Simina Badea |
| Publication: | The Proceedings of the International Conference Literature, Discourse and Multicultural Dialogue. Section: Language and Discourse, 4, p. 124-129 |
| ISBN: | 978-606-93590-3-7 |
| Editors: | Iulian Boldea |
| Publisher: | Arhipelag XXI Press |
| Place: | Tîrgu-Mureş |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Abstract: | Research in the field of English for specific purposes (ESP) has been dominated by a discourse analytic perspective with a focus on genre-based studies, the use of computers in approaching specific purpose language use and corpus-based studies. As the prevalent post-war forces, commerce and technology triggered the emergence of ESP due to the need to communicate across languages. The paper aims to examine the evolution of ESP research and to outline the stages in the history of ESP, to introduce core ESP concepts and to establish a balance between theoretical landmarks and practical issues. Researchers have identified three main stages in the history of ESP research, but we will focus on the period after 1990, in particular genre analysis, needs analysis and corpus linguistics. |
| Key words: | ESP, developments, stages, core concepts, discourse analytic perspective |
| Language: | English |
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