ESP Adult Course Implications for Professional Competence Development

In this paper we focus our attention on the design of an ESP course, aimed at instructing adult learners, who are university lecturers, teachers and specialists. We developed a course based on the student-centered approach to meet the needs and individual professional interests of the target category of learners. We discuss the ways in which the course can boost professional competence development in the context of the multiprofessional environment of a modern polytechnic university undergoing changes.