Career Development Strategies for College English Teachers from the Perspective of ESP

Abstract

The guide to college English Teaching (Draft) (2015, hereafter called the guide) makes clear that ESP is one of the main contents of College English teaching. At the same time, the guide also pointed out that the quality, level and ability of teachers are the key factors that affect the quality of teaching. College English teachers must be continuous learning and active participation in teaching research and teaching reform as the main way of self-development and the realization of personal self-worth. In the current local universities to the application of the transformation of the background, a part of EGP teachers to ESP teachers transformation has become the inevitable times. This paper aims to combine the current situation of local universities and the problems reflected in the survey, and explore the independent development model of EGP teachers' ESP transformation in local universities and the strategies for English teachers' professional development. This paper will make a deep study of EGP teacher's ESP transformation from the perspectives of ESP teacher's role orientation, knowledge structure and professional knowledge.