Current Developments in English for Academic and Specific Purposes in Developing, Emerging and Least-Developed Countries Current Developments in English for Academic and Specific Purposes in Developing, Emerging and Least-Developed Countries is a collection of papers which reflect the unique diversity of ESP and EAP in the developing world. While some of the papers present a historical overview of ESP and EAP in particular countries, the other papers are a representative sample of ongoing good practice in a specific context. The papers in the book are contributions of the members of the ESP SIG at IATEFL, and most of them were presented at the Pre-Conference Event in Harrogate (2006). The IATEFL ESP SIG hopes that this book proves a unique and timely publication for ELT and Applied Linguistics practitioners who wish to gain a better understanding of the specifics of EAP and ESP in developing, emerging and least-developed countries. The ESP Special Interest Group (SIG) is one of the fourteen SIGs at IATEFL, and its main focus is English for Specific Purposes, English for Academic Purposes and English for Occupational/Professional Purposes. The main objective of the SIG is to disseminate good practice in ESP (as well as in EAP and EO/PP) through its membership and to promote models of excellence in ESP to ELT professionals internationally through workshops, seminars and conferences and through publishing the output in our Journal and in leading international ELT journals and periodicals. More information on the ESP SIG can be found on http://espsigiatefl.org For other ESP SIG titles published by Garnet Education, please visit the Journals and Academic Papers section. Contents Chapter 1: Angola: The ups and downs of an experiment in teaching technical English in Angola Chapter 2: Bangladesh: ELT, ESP and EAP in Bangladesh: An overview of the status and the need for English Chapter 3: Brazil (1): ESP: From theory to practice in a Brazilian setting Chapter 4: Brazil (2): ESP in Brazil: History, new trends and challenges Chapter 5: Burma: Authenticating Business English materials: Project work as supplementing, contextualizing and appropriating Business English materials Chapter 6: Cambodia: A short overview of EAP in Cambodia in 2006-2007 Chapter 7: China: Is English a temporary fashion or long-term trend? ELT, EAP and ESP in China Chapter 8: Ghana: Domains of English in Ghana and its use for specific purposes Chapter 9: India: Positioning ESP in an ESL situation Chapter 10: Iran: The effects of social and textual modelling writing: Effects of instruction on Iranian learners' writing ability Chapter 11: Kenya: English for specific purposes: Its place in Kenya's education context Chapter 12: Nepal: An overview of ELT, EAP and ESP in Nepal: Whose interest is served? Chapter 13: Nigeria: Teaching 'the other English' for communication in Nigeria Chapter 14: Palestine: Teaching English for general and specific purposes in Palestine Chapter 15: Philippines: English for students caring for the elderly in Japan Chapter 16: Thailand: The impact of the National Education Act 1999 on English-language teaching in higher education, Thailand Chapter 17: South Africa (1): Challenging hegemony, enabling access: Course design and assessment in English-language studies for teacher education at the University of South Africa Chapter 18: South Africa (2): From the general to the specific: Pre-sessional English at the Nelson Mandela University Chapter 19: Yemen (1): The status of English for Specific Purposes in the Republic of Yemen Chapter 20: Yemen (2): Evaluating the ESP and EAP situation in a Yemeni context Chapter 21: Zambia: Burying the ghost of English in Zambia