The Effect of ESP on Learning EFL Skills (A Case Study of Different Faculties at Red Sea University)

Nahid Alamin Ibrahim

doi:10.11648/j.edu.20180703.14

Abstract

This study presents and examine the specific needs of English language ESP for students of different faculties at Red Sea University. The study was carried out in five faculties using descriptive analytical method to find out How, ESP plays a vital role in the learning process nowadays The statement of the problem is that: most of Sudanese university do not have any kind of readymade EAP materials designed by experts in the field of syllabus design. The EAP teachers compile the EAP materials by themselves. most of the students conceive that the compiled material by the English language instructors is inadequate in some ways and should be developed to become effective in classes. Students, also, see that the English language instruction does not help them to acquire vocational English efficiently and it should be improved to increase their learning capacity in that type of ESP The Questionnaire as a research tool was distributed to 100 respondents (male and female students) of five faculties and the data was collected and analyzed by using tables of percentages for each scale in this study. In addition to the teachers Interview. The findings of the study reveal that A/Limited use of ESP books as reference caused Insufficient ESP Competencies. B/ Drawbacks in ESP materials are due to the absence of needs analysis in the process of syllabus design C/ Many of ESP learners in Sudanese higher institutions are not aware of both their learning and target situation needs. The results of the investigation have revealed the following: 1/. the respondents need the four skills in learning ESP as academic purpose with the following ranking: listening, reading, writing, speaking conversely for the career purpose with these four skills. 2/. many of ESP learners in Sudanese higher institutions are not aware of both their learning and target situation needs. The study concluded with some recommendations. 1/. the importance of determining the English language for specific purposes based on the students need and thus designing the courses based on this analysis gathered. 2/. ESP courses which are taught in Sudanese universities should be tailored to the students’ specific needs.

Highlights

Learning theories prevailing until recently were behavioral psychologist's, who attempt to refer the linguistic behavior to external factors that influence this behavior theory
From here new trend appears in learning English as Specific Purposes, to be learned away from learning English as general purpose as it is characterized by certain characteristics of the theoretical and methodological levels and pedagogical making it differs significantly and materially from teaching English as public purposes
The product is more likely to be inadequate. Such inadequacy in EAP materials has triggered the need to investigate this problem as an urgent ELT issue in tertiary education in Sudan

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Learning theories prevailing until recently were behavioral psychologist's, who attempt to refer the linguistic behavior to external factors that influence this behavior theory. The views represented in (B.F. Skinner's book, (Verbal Behavior), which appeared in 1957 and in 1959 Chomsky criticized the book by Skinner. The latest criticism of Chomsky revolution in how to learn the language in the sixties and until that time it was placed on the environment and external factors that affect the linguistic behavior. It is seen to be taught as separate from the English Language Teaching activity One of the most important and significant developments in the field of English language teaching (ELT) since the 1960s, has been the rapid growth and spread of English for Specific Purposes (ESP). English for specific purposes (ESP) has become a full-fledged discipline in its own right and "has established

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