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A global forum for ESP professionals

The ESP Special Interest Group is one of the 16 SIGs at IATEFL, and its main focus is on English for Specific Purposes, English for Academic Purposes and English for Occupational / professional Purposes. The main objective of IATEFL's SIG in EAP is to disseminate good practice in ESP (as well as EAP and EO/PP ) through its membership and to promote models of excellence in ESP to ELT professionals

in UK and abroad through workshops, seminars and conferences and through publishing the output in our newsletter / journal and leading ELT journals and periodicals.

25/08/2026

How do we research English for Specific Purposes?

IATEFL ESPSIG and ReSIG invite proposals for Researching ESP: Approaches and Methods, an online conference taking place on Saturday, 14 November 2026.
We welcome contributions examining how research is designed, conducted, and understood across ESP, EAP, EOP, EPP, CLIL, EMI, and related fields.

Possible areas include:
📊 Empirical and classroom-based research
🧭 Research approaches and methodologies
⚖️ Ethics in ESP research
🤖 AI and digital research tools
👤 Researcher identity and reflexivity
🌍 Social justice, inclusion, and equity
💡 Theoretical and methodological innovation
T
eachers, practitioners, researchers, doctoral students, and early-career scholars are warmly encouraged to contribute.

📝 Abstract: Up to 200 words
📅 Submission deadline: 31 August 2026
✅ Notification of acceptance: 20 September 2026
👉 Find out more and submit your proposal: https://espsig.iatefl.org/?p=5458
Join an international conversation about the questions we investigate—and the methods we use to answer them.

24/08/2026

We’re happy to help spread the word about the Bangladesh TESOL Association’s upcoming Annual ESP Conference — find out more here: https://cls.ulab.edu.bd/cls-conferences/2026

22/08/2026

⏰ One week to go: Call for Papers

There is just one week left to submit your contribution to the December double issue of Professional and Academic English, the journal of IATEFL ESPSIG.

Do you have a research project, classroom idea, professional experience, reflection, review, interview, report, or project update that could benefit the ESP and EAP community?

Now is the time to prepare your submission.

We welcome contributions from practising teachers, researchers, teacher educators, assessors, materials writers, postgraduate students, early-career professionals, and experienced authors.

📝 Format: Word document
📅 Deadline: 31 August 2026
👉 Submit to: [email protected]
🔗 Author guidelines: https://espsig.iatefl.org/?page_id=763

The expanded December double issue offers additional space for voices, experiences, research, and practical ideas from across the international ESP and EAP community.

Submit your contribution by 31 August and be part of this special issue.

18/08/2026

📣 Meet the speakers at the ESPSIG Joint Symposium 2026 with the St Andrews LSP Hub: Applying ESP Research to Practice.

The programme brings together seven speakers working across a diverse range of ESP contexts:

🔹 Ros Wright

Developing Evidence-Based Clinical Communication Programmes

🔹 Alan Simpson

Designing English for Nursing Purposes in Japan: Simulated Patients and Assessment

🔹 Melissa Corlett

Co-constructing Disciplinary Writing Knowledge on a Pre-sessional English Course

🔹 Kallia Katsampoxaki-Hodgetts

From AI-Assisted Writing to Scientific Judgement: Translating ESP Research into a First-Year Chemistry Lab Report Assignment

🔹 Laetitia Monbec

A Social Semiotics Approach to ESP Scholarship and Practice

🔹 Melanie van den Hoven

From Research to Practice: Communication in High-Risk, Multicultural Workplaces for ESP Teaching

🔹 Lisa Leopold

Developing Business English Learners’ Pragmatic Competence in Apologies and Refusals

📅 12 September 2026
🕐 1.00–5.30 p.m.
💻 Online
🎟️ Free to attend

👉 Register here: https://lnkd.in/eituhtE8

13/08/2026

📢 Call for Papers: December Double Issue

The deadline for the next issue of Professional and Academic English, the journal of IATEFL ESPSIG, is approaching.

We invite contributions from professionals working in English for Specific Purposes and English for Academic Purposes, including teachers, researchers, teacher educators, assessors, materials writers, postgraduate students, and project teams.

The expanded December double issue offers additional space for:

📝 Research articles
💡 Practical teaching ideas
🔍 Reflective pieces
📚 Reviews
🎤 Interviews
🌍 Project and conference reports

📅 Submission deadline: 31 August 2026
📧 Submit your Word document to: [email protected]
🔗 Author guidelines: https://espsig.iatefl.org/?page_id=763

Share your research, classroom practice, professional experience, or developing ideas with an international community of ESP and EAP professionals.

11/08/2026

📣 20 days left to submit your proposal

Are you researching ESP, EAP, EOP, EPP, CLIL, EMI, or a related field?

There are 20 days left to submit an abstract for Researching ESP: Approaches and Methods, the ESPSIG–ReSIG Online Conference 2026.

We welcome proposals exploring:

🔎 Empirical and classroom-based research
🧭 Research approaches and methods
⚖️ Ethics in ESP research
🤖 AI and digital tools
👤 Researcher identity and reflexivity
🌍 Social justice, inclusion, and equity
💡 Theoretical and methodological innovation

Teachers, practitioners, researchers, doctoral students, and early-career scholars are warmly invited to contribute. Proposals from under-represented researchers are especially encouraged.

💻 Conference: Online
📅 Conference date: Saturday, 14 November 2026
📝 Abstract length: Up to 200 words
⏰ Submission deadline: 31 August 2026
✅ Notification of acceptance: 20 September 2026

👉 Find out more and submit your proposal:
https://espsig.iatefl.org/?p=5458

Twenty days is plenty of time to develop your research question, classroom inquiry, methodological reflection, or project into a 200-word proposal. We look forward to hearing from you!

07/08/2026

How can ESP research make a tangible difference in the classroom and the workplace?
At the ESPSIG Joint Symposium 2026 with the St Andrews LSP Hub, speakers from a range of ESP contexts will explore how research can inform:
🔹 Course and assignment design
🔹 Materials development
🔹 Assessment practices
🔹 AI and technology integration
🔹 Clinical and professional communication
🔹 Disciplinary writing
🔹 Learner-centred pedagogy

The online symposium will connect research with the everyday realities of ESP teaching in academic, medical, business and professional settings.

📅 12 September 2026
🕐 1.00–5.30 p.m.
💻 Online
🎟️ Free to attend

Each presentation will be followed by a Q&A session.
👉 Learn more and register: https://lnkd.in/eituhtE8
Please note that certificates are available to IATEFL members only.

30/07/2026

🔎 How do we research English for Specific Purposes?

IATEFL ESPSIG and ReSIG invite proposals for Researching ESP: Approaches and Methods, an online conference taking place on Saturday, 14 November 2026.

We welcome contributions examining how research is designed, conducted, and understood across ESP, EAP, EOP, EPP, CLIL, EMI, and related fields.

Possible areas include:

📊 Empirical and classroom-based research
🧭 Research approaches and methodologies
⚖️ Ethics in ESP research
🤖 AI and digital research tools
👤 Researcher identity and reflexivity
🌍 Social justice, inclusion, and equity
💡 Theoretical and methodological innovation

Teachers, practitioners, researchers, doctoral students, and early-career scholars are warmly encouraged to contribute.

📝 Abstract: Up to 200 words
📅 Submission deadline: 31 August 2026
✅ Notification of acceptance: 20 September 2026

👉 Find out more and submit your proposal:
https://espsig.iatefl.org/?p=5458

Join an international conversation about the questions we investigate—and the methods we use to answer them.

28/07/2026

📣 Calling all ESP and EAP professionals

What have you learned from your teaching, research, materials development, assessment work, or professional projects?

IATEFL ESPSIG invites you to share your knowledge in the December double issue of Professional and Academic English.

We welcome contributions from teachers, researchers, postgraduate students, teacher educators, assessors, materials writers, and other professionals working with English in academic and workplace contexts.

Possible submissions include:

📝 Articles
💡 Classroom activities
🔍 Reflective accounts
📚 Reviews
🎤 Interviews
🌍 Reports and project updates

New and experienced writers are equally welcome.

📅 Deadline: 31 August 2026
📧 Submit your Word document to: [email protected]
🔗 Guidelines: https://espsig.iatefl.org/?page_id=763

Your experience could inform, inspire, or encourage another member of the international ESP and EAP community.

23/07/2026

📣Join us on 24 November 2026 at 12:30 UK time for our next Let’s ESP session.

To facilitate casual, informal interactions between professionals working in ESP and allied fields, ESPSIG is organizing virtual sessions where members of the community can get to know each other, exchange ideas, and talk about their work.

Contexts vary — and so do needs and challenges. Solutions applied in one context may or may not be applicable to another, but it’s always interesting to hear what’s happening in different parts of the world. Even more enriching is getting to know the people behind that work.

More details coming soon — for now, mark your calendar!

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