Articles on Teaching English for Specific Purposes

The most useful acronyms and other short forms for engineers and other technical staff

Everyday English for medical jargon, to be used by patients, doctors, nurses and other people using or studying Medical English.

Presentation and stimulating practice for describing changes, one of the most important kinds of business/ ESP language.

Starting courses for people who need to write essays and academic papers in English.

Adapting the nice ideas of needs analysis and course design to the situations we actually teach in.

New technologies as a stimulating and useful topic for ESP and General English classes.

A short guide to the why, what and how of teaching students studying or working in technical areas.

Tips for teaching learners who will be travelling

Although most people who become specialist Business English or ESP (English for Specific Purposes, such as Medical English or Financial English) teachers enjoy it and its professional benefits so much they never look back, the first time you face students

How Is The Design Of Curriculum For English For Medical Purposes Decided?

How is English for Specific Purposes (ESP) different from English as a Second Language (ESL), also known as general English?

A look at the importance of technical writing in the sciences.

How to create an Internet-based lesson, with links to sample lessons.

Medical English should be taught from the perspective of medicine and health care first and foremost while reinforcing vocabulary acquisition, grammar and structure secondly.