ESP Curriculum Case Study and Analysis

This article aims to investigate various aspects of an ESP course design by analyzing three actual ESP courses, including English for Police, English for Medical Doctors, and English for Thesis Writing, reported in Helen Basturkmen’s Developing Courses in English for Specific Purposes (2010). It begins by reviewing previous literature on the functions and issues pertaining to an ESP course design. Next, this article seeks to identify the strengths and offer recommendations for transcending the limitations by delving into the objectives, perspectives of language and learning, methodologies, materials, and assessment employed in each course. The findings have implications for ESP practitioners and course developers in why and how various considerations such as the teaching methodology, type of materials and learning tasks, approach to assessment, and more, should be emphasized in order to ensure that ESP course participants would thrive within their target discourse community