The Challenges of Teaching the ESP Courses for ESL Teachers in a Technical University

Year 2025, Volume: 1 Issue: 1, 39 - 47, 24.01.2025

Sinem Bezircilioğlu

Abstract

Teaching ESP courses is one of the most challenging areas for the teachers of English at the faculties in technical universities. The reasons for the challenge and the attitudes toward teaching the ESP courses by the teachers transferred from the General English program at English Preparatory School have been investigated in this study. The semi-structured interview was conducted to collect data from the teachers. The study demonstrates that lacking expertise in the specialized content is the main challenge. However, it does not affect the job satisfaction negatively.

Keywords

ESP, job satisfaction, student-centered, action research

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