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- Title
English for Specific Purpose (ESP) Teachers' and Students' Beliefs Regarding Grammar Instruction in ESP Classes at Kabul University of Medical Sciences (KUMS).
- Authors
Hotak, Soma
- Abstract
It is obvious that teachers' and students' views play a significant role in maximizing the quality of teaching and learning foreign language. The purpose of this study was to explore ESP teachers' and learners' perceptions about grammar teaching and learning in ESP classes at Kabul University of Medical Sciences (KUMS). Studies and findings in the field have depicted that grammar is a vital aspect of language learning. This descriptive study sought the perceptions and beliefs of 7 ESP teachers and about 99 ESP learners at KUMS. Closed-ended questionnaires adapted from related literatures, which were also modified, were administrated online through google forms to teacher and student participants of this study. Descriptive statistical analysis as frequency and percentage was performed using SPSS 16.0 version. The findings show that teachers and learners shared almost positive perception towards most of aspects under investigation in the questionnaire. It has been revealed that ESP teachers and learners consider grammar teaching and learning an essential and integral part of language learning and teaching in ESP framework at KUMS. Lastly, the result of this study contributes to enhancing the quality of teaching English grammar and ESP teaching program on whole.
- Subjects
AFGHANISTAN; FOREIGN language education in universities &; colleges; ENGLISH language education; SECOND language acquisition; GRAMMAR; TEACHER attitudes; STUDENT attitudes
- Publication
Language in India, 2021, Vol 21, Issue 2, p47
- ISSN
1930-2940
- Publication type
Article