Teaching Method of Business English Translation in Colleges and Universities Based on the ESP Theory

Abstract

ESP (English for Specific Purpose) as a branch of the ELT (English Language Teaching), as its English name indicates, refers to the English associated with certain particular purpose, usually with specific occupational and subject correlation. It is a course based on the learner's specific purpose and specific needs (Hutchinson, 1987). Its purpose is to cultivate students’ ability to work with English in specific communicative situation. Therefore, ESP both belongs to the teaching method and the teaching mode. Its contents and methods follow the students' learning purpose and demand. Different from the old English teaching, ESP teaching is for "special purpose" rather than the language itself. Great changes have taken place in its organization teaching method.