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The Four Pillars of ESP 2

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THE FOUR PILLARS OF

ESP
THE 4 PILLARS.

• 1. Needs análisis.

• 2. Learning objectives.

• 3. Materials and methods.

• 4. Evaluation.
NEEDS ANALYSIS

• Talking to co-workers.

• Asking Ss what they need to study.

• Surveys, diagnostic tests, placement tests,

• Academic or occupational needs.


Needs
Diagnostic Analitic

- Necessities - SLA theory


- Essentials Discrepanc Democratic - ELT research and
- Prerequisites y practice

- Wants
- Lacks
- Desires
- Gaps
- Expactations
2. DECIDING LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Administrative level.

• Syllabys.

• Instructors.

• General English.

• ESP.
GE VS ESP

• Traditional categories of grammar and


vocabulary.
• Master tenses.
• Result of needs analysis.
• Using verbs.
• Register (grammar and vocabulary)
• Constructing sentences.
• Rhetorical discourse (discourse analysis, top-
• Expressing ideas in active or passive voice. down and bottom-up approaches)
• Linking ideas. • Genre (communicative events).
• Forming nominalisations.
• Asking Qs.
3. DECIDING MATERIALS AND METHODS

• Materials should:
• Help learners understand the WHAT, WHY and HOW of the target language setting.
• Introduce and explain skills.
• Expose learners to skills.
• Provide individual, pair and group exercises.
• Be complete and self-explanatory.

• Adopt, adapt, create.


• Audio-lingual:
ESP METHODS SELECTION• Drilling of learners
• Separate skills
• Use short dialogues and language ítems.
• Audio-lingual
• Grammar-translation
• CLT
• Audio-lingual (presentations opening and
• TBLT
transitions)
• CLT (Q&A)
• Suggestopedia
• TPR
• Silent way • T centered (PPP)
• Natural approach • S centered
4. EVALUATION

Test Assessment Evaluation


• Performance measure. • Process of collectiong, analising • More general term.
and using data.

• Multiple-choice.
• Ss observation
• Picture description.
• Survey or questionnaire.
• Essay.
WAYS OF ASSESSMENT

• Diagnostic: identify strengths and weaknesses.

• Formative: measure the degree of progress.

• Summative: judge quality/adequacy of progress.


EFFECTIVE EVALUATION

• Reliability

• Validity (accurately measures what it is designed to measured)

• Practicality
RELIABILITY
• There are many ways to increase the reliability of an
evaluation, • • ensure that assessment takers are familiar with the
assessment format, the types of questions and responses, and
• including the following:
the grading rubric
• • include multiple items that independently measure different
• • conduct equivalent evaluations under the same aspects of the target area
conditions (e.g. test duration, and the room environment)
• • limit the freedom of assessment takers to interpret and
• • use a clear and unambiguous assessment format and respond to
layout
• assessment items
• • give clear and explicit instructions
• • ensure that assessment takers understand the importance and
• • identify assessment takers by number instead of name value of the assessment and complete it in a serious manner
to avoid familiarity, gender, age, nationality, race, and
• • process (mark, grade, evaluate) responses in a consistent
other biases
way
• • provide a clear and comprehensive grading rubric

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