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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.