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note-taking for 7/19 36.8 - - 12/77 15.6 102/121 84.3 19/121 100% subject 5 % % % =15.7% report writing for 7/19 36.8 - - 13/77 16.8 101/121 83.5 20/121 100% subject 3 % % % =16.5% subject specific vocabulary for subject 4 - - - - 24/77 31.2 % 102/121 84.3 % 24/121= 19.8% 100% subject specific 10/19 52.6 5/25 20% 12/77 15.6 94/121 77.7 27/121 100% vocabulary for subject 5 % % % =23.3% grammatical structures for - - - - 17/77 22.1 % 17/121 14 % 104/121 =85.9% 100% subject 4 grammatical 8/19 42.1 16/25 64% 12/77 15.6 36/121 29.8 85/121 100% structures for subject 5 % % % =70.2% changes in: teaching and learning methods 16/19 84.2 % 2/25 8% 31/77 40.3 % 49/121 40.5 % 72/121 =59.5% 100% forms of assessment 6/19 31.2 % 15/25 60% 39/77 50.7 % 61/121 50.4 % 60/121 =49.6% 100% objectives - - 17/25 68% 39/77 50.6 56/121 46.3 65/121 100% % % =53.7% topics students are interested in: -subject-related studies - - - - 25/77 32.5 % 25/121 20.7 % 96/121 =79.3% 100% -subject-related studies 9/19 47.4 % 9/25 36% 16/77 20.8 % 87/121 71.9 % 34/121 =28.1% 100% items included in the examinations their students sit: short paragraph - - 24/25 96% - - 97/121 80.2 24/121 100% answers % =19.8%
multiple choice 12/19 63.2 % - - 65/77 84.4 % 44/121 36.4 % 77/121= 63.6% 100% students do not have problems with: note-taking 6/19 31.6 % 17/25 68 % 71/77 92.2 % 27/121 22.3 % 94/121 =77.7% 100% teach more than one subject 14/19 73.7 % 14/25 56 % 31/77 40.3 % 62/121 51.2 % 59/121 =48.8% 100% Published materials are used for ESP courses and for language laboratory use. Courses not for language laboratory use, however, are often compiled by the lecturers. The majority of the lecturers report that the teaching materials they select are adequate to cover the needs of the course. More than half of the teacher respondents report that they carry out ESP materials writing projects and do ESP research in their institutions. However, it is difficult to tell precisely what individuals mean when they use the term ESP and there is little evidence of awareness of debates surrounding this area. The majority of respondents clearly perceive ESP courses as being different from GPE courses as relating closely to students’ major subject areas but it is clear that these courses are often G.P.E. courses which use subject specific materials. Results of Students’ Responses The questionnaire for students consists of 107 questions on 8 pages. One hundred and ninety students (190) responded to the Questionnaire for Students. There were 65 males and 125 females. The students’ ages ranged from 17 to 25. All of the students have completed at least one English course at university level. The students were chosen by the lecturers responding to the questionnaires. There were 83 students from private universities and 107 students from state universities. Over seventy percent of student respondents reported having difficulty with specific aspects of the four skills (see Table 22). This finding contradicts the majority view that they do not have serious problems with the four skills themselves in a general sense. The majority of students report spending only up to six hours each week on academic work. This seems to indicate a serious lack of motivation.
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