《专门用途英语课程的设置》(Developing Courses in English for Specific Purposes)由新西兰奥克兰大学的Helen Basturkmen博士编撰成书。该书系统梳理了ESP课程设置的诸多理论热点,并在具体ESP课程个案中阐释了课程设置的关键问题,同时在课程设置讨论中突出其理论的实践性,为我国ESP课程的设置和研究提供了重要参考。在书中,前四章梳理了ESP课程设置中的重要概念,后四章以具体教学个案分析展示课程设置的具体实践。该书内容充实,结构分明,全书的亮点有以下三个方面。一、梳理了EAP课程设置的核心理论问题 Developing Courses in English for Specific Purposes was compiled by Dr. Helen Basturkmen, University of Auckland, New Zealand. The book systematically combs the many theoretical hot spots of the ESP curriculum and explains the key issues of curriculum in the specific case of ESP courses. At the same time, it highlights the practicality of the theory in the discussion of the curriculum setup and provides the setup and research of the ESP curriculum in our country An important reference. In the book, the first four chapters sort out the important concepts in the setting of ESP courses, and the last four chapters analyze the concrete practice of setting curriculum with the analysis of specific teaching cases. The book content is substantial, structured, the book highlights the following three aspects. First, sort out the core theoretical issues of EAP curriculum