ESP in perspective

Hybridity of Scientific Discourses: an Intertextual Perspective and Implications for ESP Pedagogy

In light of a large number of admirable attempts which look at scientific discourse from social, dialogic and interpersonal points of view, the propositions which consider scientific discourse as an interactive endeavor are now well-established. By the force of our social constructivist gyrations, we have developed glimpses of a social, cultural and historical dimension in which the discourse o...

ESP and psychology

SIR CYRIL BURT, ESP and psychology, edited by Anita Gregory, London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1975, 8vo, pp. vii, 179, £4.50. Although Cyril Burt (1883-1971) is best known for his work on the application of psychology to education, to the development of children and to the assessment of mental qualities, he also contributed to ESP, as an obituarist had to point out (The Times, 15 October 1971). T...

A Critique of ESP

Challenges in Teaching ESP at Medical Universities of Iran from ESP Stakeholders' Perspectives

The status of teaching ESP has been studied both internationally and locally. However, it seems that the challenges of teaching ESP in medical universities of Iran have not been studiedappropriately. The main objective of the present study was to explore the main challenges of teaching ESP in medical universities of Iran. Due to the nature of the study, a qualitative res earch design (Phenomeno...

Methodological Problems in Free-Response ESP Experiments

Various methodological problems have occurred in some recent free-response experiments in parapsychology. Statistical errors have involved improper assumptions of independence, multiple analysis of data, and, to a lesser extent, data selection and misapplication of the normal approximation to the binomial. The inability to accurately measure information in free-response judging procedures has l...