Teaching English for Specific Purposes : Theory

Abstract

Today, influenced by development of global net and scientific-and-technological advance, pedagogy, as well as any other sciences, is changing being strongly drawn towards information-and-communication technologies as highly prospective modern teaching aids. The article is to analyze in what way the ICT development modifies the English for Specific Purposes (ESP) teaching under the present-day conditions. The full text of presentation will be illustrated with short videos with resource materials worked out by the authors especially for ESP distance course. The authors come to the conclusion that teachers' tasks at present are to intensify the process of mastering the foreign language through the application of state-of-the-art technologies, to facilitate each student's activity in the process of learning and provide opportunities for their academic independence and creativity. The use of modern teaching aids such as computer programs and Internet technologies as well as distance learning render aid in solving these tasks.