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Phases of development
Starting in the 1960s ESP has undergone 3 main phases of development its currently on the 4th phase with a 5th phase starting to emerge. -
Period: to
ESP
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Humble beginnings
ESP was something that was unplanned and was only accelerated due to the oil crisis of the 70s -
Performance & competence
mmunication than just the surface features that
we read and hear. We need to distinguish, as Chomsky did with
regard to grammar, between performance and competence, that is
between what people actually do with the language and the range of
knowledge and abilities which enables them to do it (Hutchinson and
Waters, 1981).