Teacher’s quality as the Teacher’s quality as the crucial problem of ESP in crucial problem of ESP in

IndonesiaIndonesia

Iska Dinarristy

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The issueThe issue

“ Who is qualified to monitor an ESP classroom: a content specialist or a

language teacher?”

Definition of ESPDefinition of ESP

• English for Special or Specific Purposes (ESP) is a movement

based on the proposition that all language teaching should be tailored to the specific learning needs of identified groups of students (Hayati, A Majid. Shahid Chamran University, Iran)

Who is the practitioner and the Who is the practitioner and the learner?learner?

• Most the practitioners of ESP are teacher of adult for students (adults) who have a common vocational or educational concern for learning English and who bring content knowledge of their field of study and well-developed learning strategis. (Tabatabaei, Omid)

Classification of the practitionerClassification of the practitioner

Practitioner of ESP

A content (subject) Specialist

Language teacher

Who is

qualified??

But…But…Some teachers who are fluent in using English but their knowledge of specific field (e.g. medical, engineering) they are teaching is weak.

The evidence:Many students ask people majoring in English to translate their English text related to their specific field of study.

Requirements of ESP teacherRequirements of ESP teacher

● A positive attitude towards ESP content● A knowledge of the fundamental

principles of the content● An awareness of how much they

probably already know

(Hutchison and Waters. 1987)

How far the ESP teacher should How far the ESP teacher should know of the students’ specialism?know of the students’ specialism?

• The students are experienced in their specialism or not

• Consider the sponsor’s requirements: specific teaching of aspects of the specialism

• Take into consideration the students’ views about the role of the teacher and the nature of English language teaching

The problem of teachers in improving The problem of teachers in improving their teaching and learning abilitytheir teaching and learning ability

The problem

Lack of innovation efforts

Weak motivation

An ignorance towards various development

Lack of supporting facilities

Some efforts improving teachers’ Some efforts improving teachers’ abilityability

The efforts

Emerging teachers’ creativity

Training and workshop

Frequent supervision

Micro Teaching

What about subject-teacher What about subject-teacher specialist?specialist?

The impact, subject-teacher specialists are anxious to convert to language teacher, would have to take the training in areas basic language teaching skills as well as relevant linguistic information which the subject teacher does not presumably possess.

RecommendationRecommendation

• An ESP teacher should not become a teacher of subject matter, but a teacher of English through a subject matter

• ESP teachers should be educated so that students’ needs are met in both a learner-centered and a warm atmosphere.

REFERENCESREFERENCES

Hayati, A Majid. 2008. Teaching English for Special Purposes in Iran: Problems and suggestions (Journal) /http://ahh.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/7/2/149

Subarman, Enggus. 1991, Kemampuan Dasar Guru Dalam Proses Belajar-Mengajar. Bandung: PT. Remaja Rosdakarya

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