The Sufficiency and Efficiency of the New Curriculum of English Language (EL) in the College of Administrative and Financial Sciences. A Case Study at Cihan University

Abstract

        ESP (English for Specific Purposes) and ESL (English as a Second Language) have been for many years a material of controversial discussion. The most important difference lies in the learners and their purposes for learning English. ESP students are usually adults who already have some acquaintance with English and are learning the language in order to communicate a set of professional skills and to perform particular job-related functions. An ESP programme  is therefore built on an assessment of purposes and needs and the functions for which English is required ( Fiorito, 2005).

This study has been conducted to investigate the opinions of ESP lecturers in four departments in addition to fifty students from each department about adapting an ESP curriculum instead of the general one by two questionnaires for the two parties. The problem of the study has been stated with a literature review. The purpose of the study has been illustrated in addition to the methodology adopted in data collection and it is supported by tables and charts. Conclusions have  been drawn at the end of the study.

The method used in conducting the study is applied by collecting data from two different  questionnaires distributed to lecturers and  to students as well. All lectures who teach English in the four departments have answered this questionnaire. The sample of students is 50 students from each  department from the 2^nd  year. So, the total number is 200 students.