The Role of ESP in Development of Intercultural Communication and Contribution of ESP to the Process of Globalization

English for Specific Purposes has established itself as a significant and very important branch of Linguistics that can be divided into several sub-branches based on horizontal and vertical division. Horizontal division would imply division of English for Specific Purposes into Language for different professional fields, such as Engineering, Geology, Construction, Economics, Finances, Medicine, etc. whereas vertical division would imply division of ESP according to application medium: translation, interpretation and teaching English as a foreign language, implying teaching English for some concrete specific field. Although ESP requires different methods and approaches depending on the above-mentioned fields and practical applications of the language, some general framework, linguistic laws and approach to acquisition of terminology of certain specific fields can be singled out for branches of ESP. ESP can also be considered as certain means of intercultural communication. As mentioned above, the newly offered classification is based on the principle of horizontal and vertical divisions of the phenomenon of ESP. Horizontal division of ESP would imply already existing division of ESP into English designed for different specific fields whereas vertical division of ESP would imply division of the phenomenon of ESP according to communicating medium: translation, interpretation, teaching of ESP as a foreign language. The aim of newly offered vertical classification of ESP is to contribute to the process of ESP professional formation. On basis of this division we would also like to consider ESP as significant means contributing to the development of intercultural communication and, consequently, to globalization in the 21st century.