摘要：The last two decades have witnessed the growing importance of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) in academic and professional settings. The impressive range of publications in Anglophone and non-Anglophone contexts bears proof to the diversification of methodological approaches in ESP education and the consolidation of ESP-related research (Paltridge & Starfield,2013;research articles published in international journals such as English for Specific Purposes, Ibérica,ESP Today,Asian ESP Journal,to name just some of the publications in the field). Applied linguists’ and ESP practitioners’ interest in ESP developments is also reflected by their active networking through international associations (e.g. The European Association of Languages for Specific Purposes [AELFE]),or in ESP Special Interest Groups operating within applied linguistics or language educators’ associations.
