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...

English language teaching market (ELT) inundated with course book packages containing astudent’s book, a teacher’s guide, workbooks, CD’s, videos, and test materials. A host ofresearchers have focused on course book evaluation and analysis and considered the selectionand evaluation of materials as an essential procedure in order to enhance out comes for thelearners who use them. This study thru...

A 69-year-old man underwent upper endoscopy at our hospital to evaluate gastric discomfort. He had undergone a subtotal gastrectomy for advanced gastric cancer 2 years earlier, but had been lost to follow-up. An endoscopic examination revealed numerous (> 100) sessile to polypoid mucosal nodularities. Their mucosa had a characteristic verrucous appearance similar to papillomatous skin warts ext...

The English writing skills of engineering students in India is a tricky proposition. term- end university exams majorly test their ability but the focus more on oral communication to do well group discussions and interviews get placed. To add this, pressure domain subjects lack awareness about real need at workplace higher education contribute both neglect poor standard writing. University cour...

following the widespread acceptance of multiple intelligences theory, thomas armstrong (1984), in the initiative action, integrated it with bloom's taxonomy and enriched the theory. actually, armstrong helped remarkable by this integration to classify each of multiple intelligences in each of the six levels of cognitive domain, as well as better planning and targeting and designing curricu...

The article presents the author's experience in developing an ESP (English for Specific Purposes) course International Relations and Regional Studies majors looks at theoretical background LSP design. Choosing between terminological discursive approach to design sphere of humanities, authors favour latter. also provides a quick look integrative mastering English Special Purposes offered by West...