DEVELOPING ORAL SKILLS IN ESP CLASSES: FROM CONTROLLED ACTIVITIES TO FREE COMMUNICATION
DEVELOPING ORAL SKILLS IN ESP CLASSES: FROM CONTROLLED ACTIVITIES TO FREE COMMUNICATION

Summary/Abstract: The present paper contains a theoretical illustration of the main characteristics of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) with regard to its treatment of speaking skills and implicitly of students’ communicative abilities. Given the fact that students’ communicative competence in a work-related context is the ultimate goal of ESP, it is important to define the theoretical background which leads to the appropriate choice of methodological tools and practical activities to be implemented for the successful acquisition of speaking skills. Starting from controlled writing activities to guided writing until the highest objective of free communication activities, it is the teacher’s role to design suitable, well-adjusted speaking tasks which should motivate students to communicate efficiently.

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