Principles and Practices of ESP Course Design—A Case Study of a University of Science and Technology
Keywords:
needs analysis; English for specific purposes (ESP); international business, university of technologyAbstract
The study is aimed to investigate the learners’ perspectives of
perceived needs on their ESP (English for Specific Purposes) course at a
university of technology. Two groups of 257 students of varying
proficiency levels participated in the study, including English majors
and non-English majors. A learner’s needs analysis questionnaire was
administered to collect data from the subjects using the survey method.
The data was analyzed via the SPSS software package for window. It
was concluded that the extent of ESP needs perception held by the
students was very high, about 80% of students thought ESP courses are
useful and helpful for the future job. Plus, the English skill needed most
was writing skill and students with the higher English proficiency held
significant difference from the lower on interest in English learning.
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