BLENDED SOLUTIONS FOR TEACHING ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES

The aim of the paper is to contribute to the development of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) by offering various blended solutions to curriculum design, material development, teaching methods, and forms of study. In the first part, the English language teachers' attitude to teaching ESP is examined, and the findings show that it is not very positive. So in the second part, the paper aspires to propose inspirational blended solution practices for teaching ESP, based on the author's experience of designing and teaching a successful ESP course to Military Air Traffic Controllers at the University of Defence in Brno in 2013-2019. Most of the recommendations stem from the evaluation of data collected from the participants' feedback over the sixteen course runs. The author argues that the attendees' expertise should be employed and openly appreciated during all stages of the course development, and its relentless improvement through iteration retrospectives. Finally, the paper provides examples of close cooperation among ESP teachers, course participants, and subject experts, which may contribute to the course design refinement and to making teaching ESP an enjoyable experience.