


All of these are part of the ELT (English (English for occupational purposes), EMP (English for medical purposes), EBP (English for business purposes), and EST (English for science and technology). Still, others specified ESP as the teaching of English for academic studies, or for vocational or professional purposes, as opposed to EGP, English for general knowledge and skills (Brunton, 2009 Carver, 1983 Hyland, 2006). In the view of Chen (1993), ESP is “a major specialization within the discipline of English Strevens (1988) described it as English language teaching which is designed Hutchinson and Waters (1987) defined ESP as "anĪpproach to language teaching in which all decisions as to content and method are based on the learner's reason for learning" (p.

In how people interpret the meaning of ESP.
