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Abstract

The present study is an attempt to understand English for Specific Purposes (ESP) by encompassing various linguists’ efforts to define it, tracing its historical growth and trying to apply as a medium of communication in your own field. Though lots of contradicting views have been reported in defining this extremely significant branch of ELT, yet, most of the hypothesis are accepted in broadening its horizon and tag it to its specific application. Again, there seems to be certain dichotomies regarding its confinement to basic teaching of English to the beginners. Actually ESP hyperlinks to all kinds of official communication be it professional, academic or scientific. Thus, there is no specific discipline that is primary in ESP but the specific goal of specific learners which is of interest or in demand. The same has been reinforced by the discussion related to its absolute and variable characteristics. Historical growth of ESP has also been traced and it has been reported that though it is considered to be a modern approach yet its textbook exist way back in the sixteenth century. Professional ESP courses train the learners and enable them to function as per the demand of the target situation. Thus an ESP programme should be aim-directed, learner-directed and situation-directed. Ideally an ESP course should have the following three features a) Authentic study material, b) Purpose-related orientation and c) Induced self-direction through proper guidance. Frontline research whether experimental or theoretical has its own demand of acceptance and recognition in the scientific community but does any author gets panic stricken about the media of communication? Even if fractional percentage does exist then there are a lot of professional help and way out to battle out the situation. Science and English are mutually exclusive and is the real life example of synergic bonding.

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