ESP Interview Training: Identifying Leadership
Hello, ESPers worldwide! In an organizational leadership seminar that I teach at KUIS in Japan, we were looking closely at behavioral-based interview questions in the career guide of a large university...
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One Side of ESP: English for Occupational Purposes
Hello, ESPers worldwide! One thing that I have really enjoyed about my career in ESP has been the opportunity to work in academic and occupational settings. In other words, I have been able to create...
View ArticleTrust, Leadership, and Project-Based Learning (PBL)
Hello, ESPers worldwide! I recently watched the commencement address of an MBA student at Harvard Business School with great interest. In an article that appeared on the Poets & Quants website, the...
View ArticleLearning from ESPers Around the World
Hello, ESPers worldwide! One of the things that I value most about being involved in TESOL is the opportunity to connect with ESPers around the world. Accordingly, I have been asking myself the...
View ArticleA Conference Call Simulation for Advanced Learners
Hello, ESPers worldwide! Sometimes, you get lucky! Or maybe I should say, sometimes things come together in just the right way. In this TESOL Blog post, I am going to focus on how such things came...
View ArticleBusiness Discourse (2nd edition): Relevant for ESPers Worldwide!
Hello, ESPers worldwide! As ESPers, we have the responsibility to learn as much as we can about how people communicate. By researching and learning about professional communication and reflecting on...
View ArticleTaking Risks in ESP – A Sign of Expertise?
Hello, ESPers worldwide! What does it mean to take risks as an ESP practitioner? Is such risk-taking a sign of expertise? This TESOL Blog post is inspired by an article in the area of professional...
View ArticleLessons From Sperling: ESP With a Supersized E!
Hello, ESPers worldwide! I was recently inspired by an article by Heather Hiles about the life of John Sperling, the founder of the University of Phoenix. Sperling was focused on meeting the needs of...
View ArticleESP and Communicating Bad News
Hello, ESPers worldwide! A couple of years ago, I heard the following ESP story related to the global financial crisis. An ESPer had been conducting language training in a company when his students...
View ArticleThe Power of ESP: An Exercise in Conceptualization
Hello, ESPers worldwide! The 2014 Cross-Strait International Conference on English for Specific Purposes (ESP) took place from 3–5 October at Asia University in Taiwan. At that conference, Margaret van...
View ArticleSowing Seeds for Career Success
Hello, ESPers worldwide! Several years ago, I was selected to represent the Kanda Gaigo Career College (KGCC) in the annual staff meeting of the Kanda Gaigo Group in Japan. Actually, you could say that...
View ArticleBusiness English and an American Football Star: Focus on Improvement
Hello, ESPers worldwide! What is the connection between the learners in a business English class in Japan and the accomplishment of an American football star? In this TESOL Blog post, I will tell you...
View ArticleConnecting Career Education, Women, and TESOL Leadership
Hello, ESPers worldwide! How do you prepare your female students for success in the workplace? A Ted Talk that addresses gender inequality in workplace training recently inspired me. That TED Talk,...
View ArticleThe Personal Brands of ESPers
Hello, ESPers worldwide! As an ESPer, what do you consider to be your area of expertise? Do you specialize in working with a specific group of professionals such as medical doctors or lawyers? Do you...
View ArticleESPers as Active Learners
Hello, ESPers worldwide! As an ESP practitioner, how often do you find yourself in the role of a student? In this TESOL Blog post, I will focus on the ESPer’s role as a learner based on some of my own...
View ArticleTwo Conferences for ESPers in Asia in 2015
Hello, ESpers worldwide! With the new year approaching quickly, I thought that I would share with you information about two conferences in Asia. The first conference will be held in Taiwan on 25–26...
View ArticleAnalyzing Communication in an Article About Professional Performance
Hello, ESPers worldwide! In order to enhance my ability to train professionals in specific fields, I am always looking for examples of outstanding professional communication. In this connection, have...
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An ESP Project of the Incoming TESOL ESP-IS Chair
Hello, ESPers worldwide! One of the benefits of being on the steering committee of the ESP Interest Section is that you are able to meet all of the other leaders. In previous blog posts, I have focused...
View ArticleDisney Music for Business English Training
Hello, ESPers worldwide! How do you get your students to visualize certain business situations when you are in the classroom? For such visualization, I have found Disney’s “Behind the Mic” video of the...
View ArticleDavid Kertzner’s Two Cents on Technology in ESP
Hello, ESPers worldwide! As an ESPer, I listen to David Kertzner when he talks. Why? I expect to learn something. David’s company, Proactive English, is described on its website as “a web-integrated,...
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