TRENDS IN ENGLISH FOR OCCUPATIONAL PURPOSES

• The influences described under trends in EAP were also present in the EOP courses of the late 1960s and early 1970s.

• The early commercial correspondence courses tought standard letter fromats for business transactions ranging from general complaints and requests for infromation to specifics such as import and export arrangements.

• The underlying construct (the puduct approach) involved model letters to copy, specialised vocabulary and the standard, formal cliched phrases of the time.

Specialised vocabulary seen in other materials where texts, including dialogues, were accompanied by glossaries of difficult terms and few comprehension questions.

The approach was defenitely based on the linguistic system rather than the use of the language.

Cross cultural communication requires awareness and sensitivity to the deversity of values and customs around the world.