BASIS AND APPLICATION OF AN ESP COURSE FOR DENTAL STUDENTS
Abstract
Many issues need to be considered when proposing a syllabus for a successful ESP course. The preset paper was meant to share the experience of developing an ESP course for first-year dental students. The authors expect it to be useful for students and novel teachers facing a similar task. A brief concise literature review is presented to later share the experience of English teachers at the Faculty of Dentistry in the University of Los Andes. Teaching ESP is not just a challenge for the teacher, but also a chance to learn about language teaching, the language itself and new academic and scientific communities.
Keywords: ESP, course design, Dental students.
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