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English for Specific purpose

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Second Language learning is a developmental process

Learning Centred Methodology

Language learning is an active process. It is not enough for learners just to have the

necessary knowledge to make this meaningful, they must also use the

knowledge

Psycho-motori activity, that is, the observable movement of speech organs or limbs in acordance with signals from the brain

Language processing activity, that is, the organisational of information into a meaningful network of knowledge.

This kind of activity is internal and not observable.

Language Learning is a decision-making process.

In the traditional classroom the teacher made all the decisions. But the process of developing and using a network of

knowledge relies upon a train of learner decision

What knowledge is new ? How does it relate to the existing

knowledge ? What is the underlying pattern ? Is there a rule of appropriacy here ? Which bits of information are relevant ? Which are unimportant ?

Learners must be decisions-makers

Language learning is not just a matter of linguistic knowledge. The most fundamental problem of second language learning is the

mismatch between the learners’ conceptual/cognitive capacities and the

learners. Linguistic level

This is the particular problem in ESP, where the learners’ knowledge of their subject specialism may be of a very high level,

while their linguistic knowledge is virtually nil

Learning is emotional learning. Our concern should be developed the positive emotions

as opposed to the negative ones by. Language learning is to a large extent

incidental. Language learning is not systematic. We learn by systematising knowledge, but the

process itself is not systematic.

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