Tag Archives: English for business

ESP Project Leader Profile: Andrew Silberman

Kevin Knight
Kevin Knight

Hello, ESPers worldwide! Can you believe that this is the 40th ESP project leader profile published on the TESOL Blog since May 2015? This profile features a recognized leader, ESP practitioner, and lead singer in a rock band in Tokyo, … Continue reading

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ESP Project Leader Profile: Valia Spiliotopoulos

Kevin Knight
Kevin Knight

Hello, ESPers worldwide! It is wonderful to be able to start the new year (2018) with the 39th ESP project leader profile! This profile features Valia Spiliotopoulos at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, Canada. Valia is the supervisor of the … Continue reading

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ESP Strands in a Business Case Study Program

Kevin Knight
Kevin Knight

Hello, ESPers worldwide! A few months ago, I was invited to create and participate (with my Japanese colleagues) in an intensive English program (IEP) for undergraduate students from Kanda University of International Studies (KUIS, my university in Japan) and from … Continue reading

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From Languaging to English for Occupational Purposes

Kevin Knight
Kevin Knight

Hello, ESPers worldwide! I was inspired by Dudley Reynolds’s  TESOL President’s  Blog titled Languaging in a New World.  He writes: Freeman in a keynote address to the 2014 TESOL international convention laid out a number of pedagogical principles that could be drawn … Continue reading

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