A Survey on ESP Teaching in Changchun University of Science and Technology

Abstract

A quantitative research on ESP teaching in Changchun University of Science and Technology was conducted. The survey shows most students are concerned about ESP teachers' English competence and subject knowledge, which are the two most important elements involved in ESP teachers' qualification. The author emphatically discusses how to improve the situation. In the long run, if more subject specialists are sent abroad for further study, they will be more qualified for ESP teaching; in the short run, joint teaching between subject specialists and language teachers could be an effective way to solve the problem. But it also involves some undecided factors.