A made-to-measure ESP course for banking staff

This article describes the planning, writing, and putting into operation of an intensive course for personnel destined for work in the foreign department of a large commercial bank. A detailed account is given of the compilation of the integrated grading test that is used at the beginning of the course to split up the students into homogeneous groups, and of the closely written course, which is programmed day by day down to the last detail. The writer points out how this course differs in its objectives and its priorities from the conventional language course, and gives some figures to show what progress is made during it.