Sustainability and Local Knowledge: The Case of the Brazilian ESP Project 1980-2005

Autor/inn/en	Holmes, John; Celani, Maria Antonieta A.
Titel	Sustainability and Local Knowledge: The Case of the Brazilian ESP Project 1980-2005
Quelle	In: English for Specific Purposes, 25 (2006) 1, S.109-122 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0889-4906
DOI	10.1016/j.esp.2005.08.002
Schlagwörter	Indigenous Knowledge; English for Special Purposes; Foreign Countries; Comparative Analysis; Program Effectiveness; Teaching Methods; Decision Making; Second Language Instruction; Brazil + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Brasilien
Abstract	On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Brazilian ESP Project, this paper discusses why it has been able to sustain itself and develop over such a long period. The analysis focuses on two main areas of decision-making which led to this success: the structure of the project itself and the ESP methodology which was developed. Comparing the Brazilian experience with that of other projects, the paper identifies a number of decisions which determined the process-based nature of the project structure. These were crucial in ensuring a flexible and responsive administrative structure and enabled participants to feel "ownership" of the project. With regard to the ESP methodology developed, the paper highlights the way that a "Brazilian" or "Latin" approach to the teaching of ESP was developed. In both areas the importance of using a local knowledge approach to decision-making is emphasised. (Author).
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