Collaborative and Team Teaching in ESP Contexts

Subject Areas : Journal of Teaching English Language Studies

Simindokht Vakilidousta ¹ , Ramin Rahmani ²

1 - Department of English Language and Literature, Takestan University, Takestan, Tehran, Iran.
2 - Department of English Language and Literature, College of Humanities, Takestan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Takestan, Iran

Received: 2023-04-15 Accepted : 2023-05-13 Published : 2023-06-01

Keywords: ESP, Collaborative and team teaching, General English (GE), Subject teacher, Language teacher,

Abstract :

English for specific purposes is a crucial matter in English teaching that needs a lot of attention in our education systems. For this purpose, the present study was an attempt to investigate the ways of teaching ESP. Among eighty men in mechanical engineering from foreign brand vehicle manufacturing factory employees, 45 learners were chosen by placement test and they were put randomly in three groups. In first class, subject teacher taught, in second one, language teacher taught and in third classroom, both of them taught in cooperation with each other. The book that was taught was the same for all three groups and that was ESP for automotive mechanics for SAMT publication. At the end of the courses, an achievement test was held at the same time for all three classes. I used MANOVA tests for statistical analysis of variables which are final scores. The results supported the hypothesis which states that team teaching and cooperation between subject teacher and language teacher at the same time in one ESP class can be a good way of ESP teaching and the final result will be better.

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