English for Academic, Specific and Occupational Purposes in Developing, Emerging and Least Developed Countries

Current Developments in English for Academic and Specific Purposes in Developing, Emerging and Least-Developed Countries Current Developments in English for Academic and Specific Purposes in Developing, Emerging and Least-Developed Countries is a collection of papers which reflect the unique diversity of ESP and EAP in the developing world. While some of the papers present a historical overview of ESP and EAP in particular countries, the other papers are a representative sample of ongoing good practice in a specific context. The papers in the book are contributions of the members of the ESP SIG at IATEFL, and most of them were presented at the Pre-Conference Event in Harrogate (2006). The IATEFL ESP SIG hopes that this book proves a unique and timely publication for ELT and Applied Linguistics practitioners who wish to gain a better understanding of the specifics of EAP and ESP in developing, emerging and least-developed countries. The ESP Special Interest Group (SIG) is one of the fourteen SIGs at IATEFL, and its main focus is English for Specific Purposes, English for Academic Purposes and English for Occupational/Professional Purposes. The main objective of the SIG is to disseminate good practice in ESP (as well as in EAP and EO/PP) through its membership and to promote models of excellence in ESP to ELT professionals internationally through workshops, seminars and conferences and through publishing the output in our Journal and in leading international ELT journals and periodicals. More information on the ESP SIG can be found on http://espsigiatefl.org For other ESP SIG titles published by Garnet Education, please visit the Journals and Academic Papers section. Contents Chapter 1: Angola: The ups and downs of an experiment in teaching technical English in Angola Chapter 2: Bangladesh: ELT, ESP and EAP in Bangladesh: An overview of the status and the need for English Chapter 3: Brazil (1): ESP: From theory to practice in a Brazilian setting Chapter 4: Brazil (2): ESP in Brazil: History, new trends and challenges Chapter 5: Burma: Authenticating Business English materials: Project work as supplementing, contextualizing and appropriating Business English materials Chapter 6: Cambodia: A short overview of EAP in Cambodia in 2006-2007 Chapter 7: China: Is English a temporary fashion or long-term trend? ELT, EAP and ESP in China Chapter 8: Ghana: Domains of English in Ghana and its use for specific purposes Chapter 9: India: Positioning ESP in an ESL situation Chapter 10: Iran: The effects of social and textual modelling writing: Effects of instruction on Iranian learners' writing ability Chapter 11: Kenya: English for specific purposes: Its place in Kenya's education context Chapter 12: Nepal: An overview of ELT, EAP and ESP in Nepal: Whose interest is served? Chapter 13: Nigeria: Teaching 'the other English' for communication in Nigeria Chapter 14: Palestine: Teaching English for general and specific purposes in Palestine Chapter 15: Philippines: English for students caring for the elderly in Japan Chapter 16: Thailand: The impact of the National Education Act 1999 on English-language teaching in higher education, Thailand Chapter 17: South Africa (1): Challenging hegemony, enabling access: Course design and assessment in English-language studies for teacher education at the University of South Africa Chapter 18: South Africa (2): From the general to the specific: Pre-sessional English at the Nelson Mandela University Chapter 19: Yemen (1): The status of English for Specific Purposes in the Republic of Yemen Chapter 20: Yemen (2): Evaluating the ESP and EAP situation in a Yemeni context Chapter 21: Zambia: Burying the ghost of English in Zambia

Mark Krzanowski holds an MA in Applied Linguistics, the RSA/UCLES Dip TEFLA, a PG DMS, and is a Fellow of HEA (the Higher Education Academy). Mark has been involved in English Language Teaching since 1990. He is based in London, and his current academic affiliations include: the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), the University of London, where he lectures in English for Academic and Specific Purposes to international postgraduate students; the Language Centre, University of Arts London, where he is the Course Leader for Insessional EAP Courses; and the Department of English and Linguistics at the University of Westminster, where he lectures in TESOL and TEFL to BA and MA students. He also acts as External Assessor in ELT for Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town, South Africa. Since 2003, Mark has been the Co-ordinator of the IATEFL s (International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language) ESP (English for Specific Purposes) SIG (Special Interest Group). In addition, he is also involved in academic consultancies abroad: in the last four years, he has worked on various EAP and ESP projects in Central Asia (Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan), India, Pakistan, South Africa, China, Palestine, Oman, Bahrain and Yemen. In the past, Mark was Academic Co-ordinator for ELT in the Dept of PACE at Goldsmiths College, University of London (2002 2005); Head of ELT Unit and Senior Lecturer in EAP at the University of Hertfordshire (1997 1999 2002); and EAP Co-ordinator at UCL/University College London (1993 1997). Mark is actively involved in scholarly activity. In April 2008, he was plenary speaker at the Sultan Qaboos University ELT Conference (Muscat, Oman), and in July 2008, he was the plenary speaker at the English for Work Symposium in Johannesburg, South Africa, organized at Wits University by the British Council and SAATEIL. He is also the editor of Current Developments in English for Academic, Specific and Occupational Purposes (Publisher: Garnet Education, March 2008) and Current Developments in English for Academic and Specific Purposes in Developing, Emerging and Least-Developed Countries. Mark s professional interests include: materials design in EAP and ESP; teacher training; trainer training; academic listening; applied linguistics; academic management; learning and teaching; and teaching and teacher training via videoconferencing