2. Basics of ECMV Philosophy and Foundations


ECMV has its foundations in the ESP field and its approach in the Input and Affective filter hypotheses, part of the Second Language Acquisition Theory of Krashen's.


1. "We all acquire language the same way - in one way and only one way: when we understand the message -comprehensible input - when we understand what people say or what we read (business context, speaking students' language: their topics, their needs, their information, their interests)"


Stephen Krashen, "Second Language Acquisition and Learning", University of Southern California, 1981

2. Talking is not practicing; however, if we could hang out together and keep conversations light and simple, the speaking ability will emerge gradually. 
Students need to be exposed to the language through listening to their coaches and picking out comprehensible input. They, then, get involved in conversations where the input is important.

3. Affective filter
High Motivation & high self-esteem together with low levels of anxiety = better language acquisition.
The focus is basically on the message, on the content.


We acquire a language in one way only: "when we get comprehensible input in a low anxiety environment".
Business people are motivated and eager to learn, they listen to the coach and get involved, they get immersed in a context they are familiar with where there is a lot of comprehensible and motivating input: their own business context.

We need to work every session in three stages:
1st stage - Connecting with the language 2nd stage - Getting comfortable with the language 3rd stage - Constant improvement


For ECMV, all this means the following:

Our approach basically falls under the ESP teaching standards. We prepare our clients (students) for different fields of business, including technology and engineering. Our program is based on having a clear idea of the purpose of our clients, their needs and also the specific functions they require from English for the objectives to meet.
Students are more interested in the content, in the meaningful input and the language for their work and academic purpose rather than English culture or grammar or the language itself.
The special terminology, the specialist language required for each purpose is given by the specialists, the gay-haired experts in the field. The complement is given by the academic experts so as to make an integral package which involves knowledge of the area + excellent use of English.






References:
"A Comparative Study of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) and English as a Second Language (ESL) Programs for hotel management students Omprakash Upadhyay Department of English, University of Rajasthan (Rajasthan), India"

"Mackay, R., & Mountford, A. (1978). English for specific purposes: A case study approach. London: Longman."














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