Attaining linguistic proficiency in the EFL/ESL adult classroom through English for Specific Purposes: The Nigeria example  

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Owolabi, Dare

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: TESOL Journal vol. 6 (Jun. 2012), page 109-122.
Topik: Proficiency; GPE; EFL; ESL; ESP; Adult classroom
Fulltext: Attaining linguistic.pdf (192.38KB)

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The international status of English, among the languages of the world, makes it imperative for those whose mother tongue is not English, but need it for one reason or the other, to attain a certain level of proficiency that will make them perform optimally in a globalised world. To many people and countries, outside Britain and United States of America, English is either a Foreign Language (EFL) or a Second Language (ESL). Whatever the case, English is needed as a tool to function effectively in the world that is fast becoming a global village, with almost a global economy. Many attempts to make learners proficient in English in the EFL or ESL adult classroom have not been very successful as the learners, who are taught mainly in General Purpose English (GPE), still continue to falter, making their use of English as a tool in a globalised world an impediment to total functionality. This paper, with its theoretical framework situated in the Indian-American scholar Braj Kachru?s Concentric Inner, Outer and Expanded Circles, is out to harness the potentials of English for Specific Purposes (ESP), as a course and an approach, to communicative language teaching to achieve the needed level of proficiency to perform competitively in a globalised world. This is bearing in mind the fact that those adult learners of English as EFL/ESL can attain a commendable level of required proficiency, if the age factor is not over-emphasized to the detriment of other factors such as personal motivation and time commitment. Recommendations are made that will help achieve linguistic proficiency in the EFL/ESL adult classroom.

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