Culture in Esp Syllabus: Why and How

Monika Kavalir

doi:10.2478/rjes-2013-0009

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Culture in Esp Syllabus: Why and How

Romanian Journal of English Studies

Volume 10 (2013): Issue 1 (March 2013)

By: Monika Kavalir

Open Access

|Feb 2013

Abstract

While language and culture are generally recognised to be intimately linked, English for Specific Purposes has typically been seen as “acultural”. This paper argues that cultural information is a necessary component of any ESP course and that a contrastive-comparative approach can help the learner in appropriating other cultures.

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