English for Specific Purposes (ESP) Needs Analysis for Arts Administration in Performing Arts: Western Classical Music

• Main Authors: Shih-Hao Lai, 賴世壕
• Other Authors: I-Chung Ke
• Format: Others
• Language: en_US
• Published: 2018
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/4972da

碩士 === 元智大學 === 應用外語學系 === 106 === In Taiwan, performing arts administration becomes a novel developing profession, since creative economy and free market deal a pandemic effect on the structure of arts industry worldwide, arts administration nowadays requires not only basic administrative skills, but also higher level of linguistic proficiency in such a globalized community. As cross-culture communication and cooperation occur more frequently under such circumstances, arts industries or organizations will thus expect their administrators to be able to advance their English language skills. Thus, this condition forces applicants of such occupations to enhance not only their knowledge towards specific field (musical, theatrical, choral, so to speak), but also their general managerial skills regarding to higher proficiency in English language as well. This study attempts to understand the level of such need by interviewing arts administrators from three outstanding performing arts organizations in western classical music category that are representative in this field in Taiwan, with regards to their sufficient professional skills and related experiences. After the interview, this study would sort out what kind of English needs according to the responses. The result of the ESP needs analysis shows that, arts administrators in western classical music field mostly need English language in email corresponding and during receiving.