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Document Details
Document Type
:
Thesis
Document Title
:
ESP Teachers’ Perception of Pedagogy and Its Challenges at a Saudi Arabian University
منظور معلمي اللغة الإنجلیزیة لأغراض خاصة في علم أصول التدریس وتحدیاتھ في جامعة سعودیة للطالبة: دلال فيصل علي الشريف
Subject
:
English Language Institute
Document Language
:
Arabic
Abstract
:
Nowadays, the English language is witnessing a global popularity as an important communication tool, being studied for different reasons and needs, which explain the emergency of English for special purpose programs (ESP). The present study investigated the teachers’ perceptions towards issues surrounding the pedagogy in teaching ESP courses at a Saudi Arabian University. Thus, a mixed quantitative and qualitative research approach was used to collect data from 50 ESP teachers. The results demonstrated that all the respondents were qualified enough to teach ESP. In terms of teaching challenges, the ESP teachers appeared to be inadequately prepared for the job, since they lacked ESP teaching skills and knowledge, which led to limited ESP teaching capabilities. Therefore, professional training complements academic training for quality ESP teaching and learning outcomes. Moreover, most teachers lacked skill development courses since they joined the current institution, which suggested the need for teacher development programs to prepare ESP teachers in areas of knowledge development and right instructional language command. As such, future studies should focus on factors that determine the teachers’ choices of pedagogic strategies in teaching ESP courses and those that influence learners to pursue ESP in universities and educational institutions.
Supervisor
:
Dr. Abeer Madini
Thesis Type
:
Master Thesis
Publishing Year
:
1440 AH
2019 AD
Co-Supervisor
:
Dr. Thamer Al Harthy
Added Date
:
Saturday, February 9, 2019
Researchers
Researcher Name (Arabic)
Researcher Name (English)
Researcher Type
Dr Grade
Email
دلال فيصل الشريف
Alsharif, Dalal Faisal
Researcher
Master
Files
File Name
Type
Description
43966.pdf
pdf
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