CONTENT ANALYSIS OF TEN ESP RELATED REVIEW ARTICLES – International Journal of Research in Education Humanities and Commerce

CONTENT ANALYSIS OF TEN ESP RELATED REVIEW ARTICLES

Yang Yi* & Roselan Bin Baki

ABSTRACT

With ESP establishing itself as an independent subarea of applied linguistics, more researchers directed their attention to its specificity in language teaching and learning. After continuous development since the 1960s, the research focus of ESP teaching and learning has evolved accordingly. This paper aims to address future trends of ESP by doing a content analysis of ten articles on ESP reviews. Those selected review articles range from 2011 to 2020 (the past decade) and review ESP in terms of its origination, development process, research fields, crucial current topics, future trends, and the pitfalls researcher should be warned of. Implications deduced by comparing the ten ESP reviews are proposed: the common themes and contrasting views in future trends of ESP research, noticeable cautions in applying technology in ESP, and research gaps in terms of ESP applications in specialized contexts. The findings from this study may provide some insights for ESP-related researchers and practitioners.

Keywords: content analysis, ESP reviews, implications

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APPENDIX

The ten ESP articles that have been reviewed:

Cui, X. L. & Li C. (2019). Anaysis of Visualization in the Internationa Research Trend of English for Specific Purposes – An Empirical analysis based on visualization software Citespace. Journal of Yanbian Uinversity (Social Science),111-120+144-145. doi:10.16154/j.cnki.cn22-1025/c.2019.01.015.
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Rahman, M. (2015). English for Specific Purposes (ESP): A Holistic Review. Universal Journal of Educational Research, 3(1), 24-31.
Stojković, N. (2019). Current tendencies in ESP didactics: Insights of an ESP journal editor. Зборник радова Филозофског факултета у Приштини, 49(3), 81-89.
Khalid, A. (2016). Needs assessment in ESP: A review. Studies in Literature and Language, 12(6), 38-46.
Dashtestani, R., & Stojkovic, N. (2016). The use of technology in English for Specific Purposes (ESP) instruction: A literature review. Journal of Teaching English for Specific and Academic Purposes, 3(3), 435-456.
Hu B.Y.(2016) )A Brief Introduction on ESP Teaching Current Situation and the Countermeasures in Higher Vocational Colleges Higher Education of Social Science Vol. 10, No. 4, pp. 1-4
Whyte, S., & Sarré, C. (2017). Introduction to new developments in ESP teaching and learning research. In C. Sarré & S. Whyte (Eds), New developments in ESP teaching and learning research (pp. 1-12). Researchpublishing.net. https://doi.org/10.14705/rpnet.2017.cssw2017.742
Suzani, S. M., Yarmohammadi, L., & Yamini, M. (2011). A Critical Review of the Current Situation of Teaching ESP in the Iranian. The Iranian EFL Journal, 36(3), 179.
Salmani-Nodoushan, M. A. (2020). English for Specific Purposes: Traditions, trends, directions. Studies in English Language and Education, 7(1), 247-268.