The issues involved in designing ESP courses for Kuwait Business Institute students : with special reference to computer science students

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Abstract

This research which is about the Issues Involved in Designing
ESP Courses for Kuwait Business Institute Students with Special
Reference to Computer Science Students consists of seven chapters.
The first chapter introduces Kuwait Business Institute. The
second offers the historical background of ESP and a survey of its
theoretical bases. The third gives an account of the three stages
of KBI's life span along with a critical appreciation of the English
language teaching materials used. The fourth presents questionnaires
and constructed interviews used in identifying needs of employers,
teachers and graduates and expounds their results. The fifth
presents approaches to text analysis and a functional analysis
of two chapters selected from two textbooks used by KBI computer
science students. The sixth goes into the classroom with computer
science teachers and students and presents an analysis of three
lectures by three computer science teachers. The last chapter
presents conclusions from a synthesis of findings. The findings
call for the rejection and replacement of current English Language
teaching materials. They also support a broader needs analysis.
This should include views, concerning demands made by the language
of the computer science academic courses content, of teachers,
students and employers. It should also include the results of
text analysis component of the relevant academic courses content.
Recommendations and suggestions for further research when designing
ESP courses for KBI computer science students in particular and
students of different specialisations in general are made.

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