Design and Implementation of a Lexical Syllabus

In recent years, there have been various studies on the corpus-based approach in the field of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) since the corpus-based approach provides the field with authentic and reliable sources. These studies aim to meet the needs for the development of ESP materials for both ESP practitioners and learners. In the current study, the aim was to design an effective corpus-based lexical syllabus based on authentic data which were gathered through materials such as textbooks, lecture notes and online resources at the Engineering Faculty, at the department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering (EEE) at Nigde University, where the majors are in English. Then, the collected data were converted into machine readable form to be analysed by means of AntConc, AntWordfinder and RANGE programmes.With the data obtained through a corpus based approach, a lexical syllabus was designed. After that, both the lectures and students at the department of EEE were interviewed. Then, a questionnaire survey was conducted with the students and the results were analyzed in order to find out their perceptions related to their English language needs.