1. Module 03
Language Issues in ESP

2. What’s inside:
Grammar in ESP
Vocabulary in ESP

3. Grammar in ESP
How much priority is paid to grammatical weakness depends on the learner’s level in English and whether priority needs to be given to grammatical accuracy or to fluency in using the language.

4. Key Grammatical forms
Verbs and tense
Voice
Modals
Articles
Nominalisation
Logical connectors

5. The teaching of grammar in ESP
What is the most appropriate method in teaching grammar to ESP classes?

6. 2. Vocabulary in ESP Major problems: Semi-technical vocabulary (EAP)
Core Business vocabulary (EBP)

7. Technical Vocabulary
How to deal with technical vocabulary?
If it is cognate with the students first language, then it will be no problem.
If it is not, then it needs to be introduced and explained before the exercise is tackled.

8. Semi-technical and core-business vocabulary
Baker (1988: 92) six categories of vocabulary, which relate to EAP.
Semi-technical vocabulary can also be defined through the computer-based corpora (Yang, 1986 et.al)

9. The teaching of vocabulary in ESP
Situational, semantic and metaphor sets
Collocation and the use of corpora
Lexical phrases