An Assessment of the ESP English Language Course Currently Taught at the College of Administration University of Economic and Tikrit
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“ The assessment is a process that aims at finding out the advantages and disadvantages of the English Language Course (student, teacher and material ) and other factor that is related to teaching process . ”
“ This study aims at investigating the current course of English language teaching in College of economic through:
Assessing of material and teaching techniques of course that is taught at College of Economic and administration . Beside checking the students' achievement in order to prove whether this material of course meets their needs or not ” .
This study hypothesizes that
“ The presently course meets the objectives of the English language teaching that mean the developing of English language skills .It also hypothesizes that the material of the course fulfills the high level of the students' achievement ”.
“To verify the hypotheses of this study, it has included:
- The researcher selected randomly (90) Students from first year at the department of Economic and Administration . University of Tikrit as a sample of the students of the current study .
- It has been selected (10) Instructors from the Colleges of Administration and Economic at two Universities( Baghdad and Tikri) as a sample of the instructors.
- The researcher selected (3) Specialists from College of Political science and College of Education , University of Tikrit as a sample of specialists .
- A test and a checklist have been constructed as tools of measurement”
This study has found out the following results:
The material of English language course does not meet the students' needs . Inefficiency of the teacher particularly in writing and speaking skills. The period of English language teaching and the number of hours are insufficient and the method and technique of teaching need to adapt .
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