ISSN: 2456-8104 JRSP-ELT, Issue 15, Vol. 3, 2019, www.jrspelt.com _____________________________________________________________________________________ English for Business Purposes: An ESP Approach Prof. V. Chandra Sekhar Rao 1 English for Business Purposes: An ESP Approach Prof. V. Chandra Sekhar Rao (csrv8@yahoo.co.in ) Professor of English, Sagar Group of Institutions, Hyderabad, India ______________________________________________________________________________ Abstract English has been widely used and spread as the globalization of business environment. This paper highlights the needs and uses of English language in business along with the discussion of ESP Approach used for Business Purposes. Business English (English for Business Purposes) is a new branch of ESP (English for Specific Purposes) which is a type of ELT (English Language Teaching). Needs are split into three specific types: present situation needs involving language institutions; learning situation needs concerning learners, and finally target situation needs comprising companies (Dudley-Evans and St. Johns, 1998). Keywords: Business English, ESP Approach, ELT, Needs Analysis Introduction In the present scenario English is globally considered an inevitable link language especially in the areas of business, commerce and marketing. English has been recognized as the library language and medium of instruction in higher education and its various disciplines. English is recognized as undoubtedly the most important language to learn for the increasingly mobile international community, and English has become the official language of the business and scientific world (Schütz, 2005). English is the real global language and is important in education, relations and business. I am the Chairman of one of the largest Italian Bank Foundations and we are dealing with more than 100 countries. Our work language is English. -Professor Francesco Profumo, Politecnico di Torino, Italy. The aim of the present paper is to focus on English for Business Purposes helping the students of business find out and review their needs and uses of English language in business or workplace.