ESP Projects, English as a global language, and the challenge of change

• Autores: Chris Kennedy
• Localización: Ibérica: Revista de la Asociación Europea de Lenguas para Fines Específicos ( AELFE ), ISSN-e 2340-2784, ISSN 1139-7241, Nº. 24, 2012, págs. 43-54
• Idioma: inglés
• Enlaces
  • Texto completo (pdf)
• Resumen
  • español

    El presente artículo examina diversos proyectos relacionados con el Inglés para Fines Específicos (IFE) desarrollados durante los últimos cuarenta años y hace algunas predicciones para el futuro de IFE y su conexión con los avances en la educación transnacional. El autor describe la situación política y económica que sustenta la propagación del inglés como lengua global que a su vez contribuye al desarrollo de programas y proyectos relacionados con el IFE. Asimismo demanda una mayor sensibilidad sobre los aspectos contextuales sistémicos de los programas de IFE y cree que la implantación de proyectos de IFE puede alcanzar un mayor éxito si se aplican modelos teóricos que guarden relación con la innovación educativa.

  • English

    The article reviews a number of key ESP Projects over the last 40 years and makes some predictions for the future of ESP and its link with developments in transnational education. The author describes the political and economic conditions behind the spread of English as a global language which in turn are driving the development of ESP programmes and projects. He makes a plea for a greater awareness of the systemic contextual aspects of ESP programmes and believes that ESP Project implementation can be made more successful by applying aspects of educational innovation theory.

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