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Need Analysis of Designing an ESP Course for Sharia and Law Faculty Lecturers: A Case Study of Sayed Jamaluddin Afghani University, Afghanistan
Abstract
Learning English language is the need of the day. Being an international
language and the language of modern education; English language learning
has got special attention these days. The wide use of English language in
various settings has increased the demand of its learning and has motivated
everyone, regardless of their walk of life to learn English. To meet the
demands of English-based education, especially in academic settings, there
is a recognized need for English language learning. This study is a needs
analysis of designing an ESP course for the lecturers of Sharia and Law
faculty at Sayed Jamaluddin Afghani University (SJAU), Kunar,
Afghanistan to improve their English language skills and take benefit of it
in the academic setting. To be specific, lecturers’ perceptions towards the
need of ESP course, choice of contents, level of difficulty and language skills
that need improvement and inclusion in the ESP course were investigated.
From 19 lecturers at the Faculty of Sharia and Law 10 lecturers were
randomly selected as the sample of the study. An explorative mixed method
case study design was used for the study. Mixed method design was used for
the study to fully explore the research area and confirm the findings of
qualitative data with the quantitative data. Semi-structured interviews
containing 8 questions and a close ended questionnaire containing 16
questions were used as the data collection instruments. The qualitative data
was first thematically analyzed followed by quantitative data which was
descriptively analyzed using frequencies and percentages through SPSS. The
findings of the study revealed that the lecturers of Sharia and Law Faculty
have positive perceptions towards the need of designing an ESP course for
them. The proposed ESP course should use an intermediate level of contents
and should focus on developing the four language skills especially reading
and writing. Furthermore, the findings of the study revealed that the
proposed ESP course should cover the grammar section to help the lecturers
in developing their English grammar skills.
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