General English and English Forspecific Purposes (ESP)

• Main Author: Laimutė Kitkauskienė
• Format: Article
• Language: deu
• Published: Vilnius Gediminas Technical University 2011-04-01
• Series: Coactivity: Philology, Educology
• Subjects: ESP; communication; competence; curriculum; education; interdisciplinary subject; general lan-guage; professional/occupational needs
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/coactivity.2006.23

Studies of the English language take place on different levels, in various settings and contexts. This article is an attempt to survey the link between two types of English – General and Specific – as much as they are in-volved in teaching English the students of a higher technical school. Recognizing the fact that teaching English is always based on the language skills acquired at a secondary school one must understand the necessity to make language a professionally oriented subject because it should help to build students’ better professional skill as well as to contribute to their education as persons maturing active members of a society.