Femi U. Balogun holds a doctorate degree in Applied Linguistics(ESP) from Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko,Ondo State,Nigeria Phone: +2348054070604 Address: Auchi Polytechnic, School of General Studies,Dept of Languages.
This paper takes a panoramic view of language, situates English and ESP in the broad spectrum and... more This paper takes a panoramic view of language, situates English and ESP in the broad spectrum and argues that Polytechnic students are ESP learners whose needs must be identified before deciding on what to teach them. The paper explains the Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) approach, the precursor of ESP, and makes some recommendations which it hopes will enhance the relevance of ESP in Nigerian Polytechnics.
This paper takes a panoramic view of language, situates English and ESP in the broad spectrum and... more This paper takes a panoramic view of language, situates English and ESP in the broad spectrum and argues that Polytechnic students are ESP learners whose needs must be identified before deciding on what to teach them. The paper explains the Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) approach, the precursor of ESP, and makes some recommendations which it hopes will enhance the relevance of ESP in Nigerian Polytechnics.
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