DESIGNING A LEARNER-CENTERED ESP COURSE FOR ADULTS BASED ON EVIDENCE FROM A QUESTIONNAIRE AND INCORPORATING THE LEARNERS’ AIMS INTO A SITUATIONAL-BASED SYLLABUS

Abstract

This paper examines the organization of a six-week Conversational English ESPcourse design for the tweny-two adult administrative human resources staff working in the International Inlingua Language Learning Center in Istanbul. At thevery start of this course, a thorough needs analysis taking into account the language needs of the learners based on the essentials put forth by Hutchinson andWaters (1987) and Dudley-Evans and St.John (1998) established the core framework for the study and the findings from this analysis were used for the ESPcourse and syllabus design. In the final phase of my study for the ESP course designin question, the choice of the right syllabus was a major decision in language teaching, and it was made as consciously and with as much information as possible. After due consideration, I decided on the Situational-Based Syllabus asthe most appropriate syllabus from among the several distinct types of languageteaching syllabi and prepared the course content for the Conversational EnglishClass

Keywords

• ESP
• syllabus design
• language needs
• wants
• decision-making
• coursecontent

Designing a learner-centered ESP course for adults based on evidence from a questionnaire and incorporating the learner’s aims into a situational-based syllabus

Öz

Bu çalışma, İstanbul Uluslararası Inlingua Dil Öğrenme Merkezi’nde görev yapan22 kişilik yetişkin İnsan Kaynakları personeli için tasarlanmış altı hafta süreliİngilizce Konuşma ESP (Özel Amaçlı İngilizce) kursunun planlanması ile ilgidir. Bukursun başında, esasları Hutchinson ve Waters (1987) ve Dudley-Evans ve St.John(1998) tarafından ortaya konulan kapsamlı bir Gereksinim Analizi uygulanmış vebu çalışmanın bulguları tüm araştırmanın temel çerçevesini oluşturmuş olupburadan elde edilen veriler gerek Özel Amaçlı İngilizce kursunun ve gerekse müfredatın tasarımında kullanılmıştır. Detaylı bir değerlendirmeden sonra, tüm mevcutmüfredat türleri arasından Durumsal İzlence üzerinde karar kılındı ve İngilizceKonuşma Kursu bu doğrultuda düzenlendi

Anahtar Kelimeler

• ESP
• müfredat tasarımı
• ders içeriği

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