PECULIARITIES AND CHALLENGES OF AN ESP COURSE FOR CHEMISTRY / BIOLOGY STUDENTS IN KAZAKHSTANI UNIVERSITIES

This article deals with conducting English for Specific Purposes (ESP) for chemists / biologists. ESP courses focus on a specific area or discipline. This article describes the differences between General English and English for Specific Purposes (ESP). The main focus of ESP is not to emphasis on the language itself, but tries to highlight the need of a learner such as English for Engineers, Lawyers, Chemists, Biologists, Doctors and etc. On the other hand, General English refers to context that educating of the basics of grammar, phonetics, vocabulary. Furthermore, the authors share their own experiences on teaching English in a professional sphere. This article shows the importance of teaching English for Specific Purposes for particular specialties, moreover there are some difficulties listed in the article. It was noticed that the work is more enthusiastic if students have contact with their specialty, and they are able to access the specific vocabularies related to their main subjects.

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