چکیده:
University students in Iran need English to reinforce their specialist knowledge in order to meet their academic needs and not to be isolated from technological advances. The architecture students at the university level in Iran are no exception. Bearing this in mind, the present research intends to address itself to the following questions: 1) what are the problems in materials design in ESP courses in general and architecture students in particular? And 2) what are possible solutions to the problems identified? In an effort to pave the road for preparing a textbook for architecture students in Iran, we have analyzed the textbook presently used by architecture students at Islamic Azad University, Tabriz branch. To do this, we prepared two questionnaires to be answered by both the students and teachers about the content of the textbook under discussion. On the basis of their responses and also the researchers' comments on the issue, we have tried to discuss the shortcomings therein, and to give possible solutions.
خلاصه ماشینی:
The Journal of Applied Linguistics Vol. 1, No. 3 Autumn 2008 The Importance of Materials Design in ESP and EST Vida Fathi Bonabi Islamic Azad University-Urmia Branch University students in Iran need English to reinforce their specialist knowledge in order to meet their academic needs and not to be isolated from technological advances.
Bearing this in mind, the present research intends to address itself to the following questions: 1) what are the problems in materials design in ESP courses in general and architecture students in particular?
Keywords: ESP, Materials Design, ESP Textbooks forArchitecture Students The name "English for Special Purposes" (ESP) is given to the kind of course which can be matched to the specific needs and purposes of the learner.
According to Hutchinson & Waters, there are three factors affecting ESP course design: Language descriptions, Learning theories, Needs analysis.
5) The relationship might be presented like this (Hutchinson & Waters, 1987): / One of the branches of ESP is EAP (English for Academic Purposes) in which there is also another branch, EST (English for science and technology) which is our concern in this research since our focus is on architecture.
Students studying at the university level in Iran need English as a medium to reinforce their knowledge, and to extract new information from scientific books and journals in their specialized fields.
Therefore, one purpose of this study is to evaluate the textbook "English for the Students of Engineering" (Bidahari, et al, 1990), used by architecture students at Azad University of Tabriz.