CAR 7 - ESP Learners’ Needs Related Learning for the Workplace: A Pragmatic Study for Business School

Article Summary for April 10, 2017 

Citation 

Liton, Hussain Ahmed. (2015). ESP Learners’ Needs Related Learning for the Workplace: A Pragmatic Study for Business School. In the International Journal of Instruction (Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 3-16). 

Summary

This research is about the study of pragmatical clause used in the business real world communication that should be thought to the students to improve their performances in the workplace. The data which was collected from the questionnaire were analyzed both qualitatively and quantitatively. The result is that the current ESP is not focusing to the learners’ needs yet. Therefore, there are some suggestion for this result.

·     Pragmatic ESP course should be redesign in order to make it suitable with the future workplace communication condition, 

·        The textbook should be completed with the DVD in order to give real picture of the use of ES, 

·        ESP classroom should be using learner-centered task-based communicative approach, 

·        The material should come from the real used material a.k.a authentic materials. 

Application 

This research give me more understanding of the importance of using authentic materials and of modifying the material based on the learners’ needs.