چکیده:
Teaching English for Specific Purposes (TESP) has been a controversial issue among EFL teachers and others. The question raised by many is whether the English language instructor or the subject-matter specialist should teach ESP courses. The main purpose of the present study was to re-address this issue. To this end, 60 second-year students majoring in Feqh and Islamic Law at Islamic Azad University, South Tehran Branch were randomly selected. Then, they were divided into two classes with 30 members in each. The classes were taught by two lecturers - an EFL instructor and a subject-matter specialist - for an entire semester. At the end of the course, two types of measures were used: an achievement test and an attitude questionnaire. Analysis of the results represented that the EFL instructor's class scored higher than the subject-matter specialist’s class on the achievement test, and that they expressed greater satisfaction with their classes on the attitude questionnaire. Implications of the findings are discussed, accordingly.
خلاصه ماشینی:
"Addressing the Dilemma in ESP Teaching: The English Language Teacher or the Subject-matter Specialist?
The question raised by many is whether the English language instructor or the subject - matter specialist should teach ESP courses.
TESP; ESP; EFL teachers; subject-matter specialists; specialized english INTRODUCTION English for Specific Purposes (ESP) instructors have a lot in common with English as a Foreign Language (EFL) instructors.
One of the many controversial issues related to teaching English for Specific Purposes (TESP) is whether the English language instructor or the subject - matter specialist should teach ESP *CorrespondingAuthor’s Email: shohrehfarsi@yahoo.
Gilmour and Marshal (1993), for example, argue that many of students' problems in comprehending what they read are not caused by the specialist words of their subject matter, rather, the problems they face are mostly caused by general English words.
It is apparent that many controversial issues related to TESP have been raised to find out whether the English language instructor or the subject - matter instructor should teach ESP courses.
To achieve such a goal the following questions were formulated: RQ#1:Is there any difference in achievement scores of ESP learners who are taught by the English language instructor and those who are taught by the subject-matter instructor?
RQ#2: Towards whose teaching do students hold more favorable attitudes, the English language instructor or the subject -matter in- structor?
3. RESULTS To address the first research question (RQ#1: Is there any difference in achievement test scores of ESP learners who are taught by the English language instructor and those who are taught by the subject-matter instructor ?"