This study is an attempt to evaluate certain areas of the Iranian ESP program through the lens of its immediate stakeholders, i.e. policy implementers, authors, teachers and learners. Using questionnaires, interviews and classroom observations through a quantitative-qualitative mixed-method design, the collected data were analyzed. The results of the study indicate that the program is suffering...

Present ESP research focuses more on teaching mode, online and offline course practice, practice teacher development, textbook compilation so on. There is still limited study concerning how moral education could be integrated with teaching. Based the school-based curriculum English for Teaching Teacher Education , current case takes Unit 6 as an example to explore realized in from four dimensio...

This paper reviews the potential role of writing textbooks in increasing our understanding of academic writing. It argues that this role is underappreciated for several reasons. These include the dampening effects of existing discoursal and social-constructionist accounts of introductory college textbooks, a reluctance to look beyond the ostensible student audience, and a diffidence in recogniz...

the purpose of the present study was to discover which of the two reading strategies, concept mapping or summarizing, is more effective on esp learners’ reading comprehension of eap texts. to fulfill the purpose of the study, a sample of 94 undergraduate students of accountancy sat for a standardized sample of key english testing (ket). sixty-two students whose scores fell one standard deviatio...

This paper considers some issues in designing a textbook for students of psychology and education enrolled the same ESP course. These include balancing students’ objective subjective learning needs selection real content aimed at developing necessary competences accordance with course objectives, as well selecting carrier to satisfy interests both disciplines. An additional challenge involves a...

despite the body of research on textbook evaluation from the discourse analysis perspective, cohesive devices have rarely been analyzed in english for specific purposes (esp) textbooks. the acquisition and use of cohesive devices is inherent to naturalistic communication, including business interactions. hence, l2 learners of business english should be exposed to these devices through cohesion-...

The purpose of the study is to describe basic principles designing a textbook that meets modern requirements theory and practice teaching English for Specific Purposes (ESP). authors analysed available educational materials language at an aviation university, described criteria their evaluation proposed variant concept. Scientific novelty lies in identifying approaches design foreign profession...