The development of a comprehension-based graduate-level intensive course and instructional materials in English for Special Purposes is described. The 2-week course and materials were designed for visiting Latin American faculty members in agricultural education. Course goals were to improve participants' academic English proficiency, to prepare them for large amounts of specialized reading, and to provide opportunities for discussion with professors and other students. One concern was the need to hold the participants' interest while language skills were developed. The resulting seminar had the theme of "Problems in the Transfer of Technology: Focus on Latin America," a subject of general interest and one for which local resources were readily available. The course consisted of lectures by specialists, informal discussions, follow-up language-related activities, readings, laboratory work, and field trips. The readings used were authentic and drawn from a variety of sources, but in place of traditional reading exercises, activities for previewing, picking out main ideas, determining central themes, drawing logical conclusions and inferences, and developing opinions were used. Responses of students and guest lecturers were very positive, and it is concluded that the course design is an attractive alternative for advanced adult students of English as a second language. (MSE)