Competency-Based development Program of ESP at
University
Muchridin
This
paper discusses the importance of English Development Program at university or
college level, which gives a great deal of hopes to develop students’ language
competence in order to be more ready to face the global challenges. This topic
is inspired by the fact that many universities conducting this program have not
yet had established system of language teaching for ESP and, therefore, need to
share about how to best run this challenging scheme. The problem comes up
because the process of conducting English program of this sort encompasses wide
range of problem. It is very possible for anyone in charge of this program to
encounter quite a few problems, whether concerning with its software or the
phase of implementation in a real teaching-learning process. Besides, probably,
there are some universities or colleges that are no ready enough to follow the
trace of their fellows because of lacks of information or awareness of benefits
they can take. In answer to this problem, it is here recommended that
assumptions about the teaching of English for specific purposes at university
or college level be elaborated, syllabus be outlined and textbooks be
clarified.
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Muchridin. (2003, October). Competency-based development program of ESP at university.
Paper presented at the 51st TEFLIN International Conference,
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