The never ending argument among linguists and teachers
about whether reading difficulties of the non native speakers of
English are a reading problem or a language problem is an
interesting study to start with. This was one of the questions
examined in the study leading to the development of an ESP
syllabus for undergraduate students at Bogor Agricultural University
(IPB).
Chapter One outlines the current English course at IPB
where the focus of language teaching is on teaching grammar and
reading.
Chapter Two looks at the theoretical background and the
development of ESP as well as the role of the ESP teachers which
is different from the role of General English teachers.
Since reading is the only target skill students need to
acquire, Chapter Three looks at the theory of reading, outlines
necessary reading skills and examines a 'good1 reading teacher.
Chapter Four consists of a study and its analysis into
whether difficulties in reading is a reading problem or a language
problem. These findings are expected to give a clearer idea to the
teachers of reading about the problems encountered by the
students in reading English texts so they can decide whether the
focus of the course should be on grammar development or reading
development.
Chapter Five discusses several types of syllabus as well as
relating to the importance of needs analysis in designing a course,
and suggests an outline syllabus for the IPB students i.e. the
proportional syllabus including the profile of communication needs,
aims and objectives of the course, language content, and the
syllabus content.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/218782 |
| Date | January 1991 |
| Creators | Barus, Irma Rasita Gloria, n/a |
| Publisher | University of Canberra. Education |
| Source Sets | Australiasian Digital Theses Program |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | ), Copyright Irma Rasita Gloria Barus |
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