English for Specific Purposes: A learning-centered approach by Tom Hutchinson and Alan Waters Summary of Insights Since I mainly teach one-to-one classes, I try to adapt them to my students’ individual needs. While most of the learners I deal with are English teachers (such a blessing, isn’t it?), some have different jobs: medical workers, IT specialists, etc. To address the language needs of this latter category, I became curious about teaching English for specific purposes, ESP. My task was to effectively combine a conventional course book with specialized materials. So the book I studied is called English for Specific Purposes: A learning-centered approach by Tom Hutchinson and Alan Waters. Below I give a summary of my findings. The book advocates a learning-centered approach. This means that an ESP syllabus has its main target to enhance eagerness to learn. Refrain from using too specialized texts in case a student finds them boring. On the other hand, us...