An ESP Approach to Analyze the Current Teaching Practicesand Curriculum of Political Science in University in Karachi
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English curriculum for political science students, ESP approach, ESP course for political science students, political science students, need analysis, teaching practices at political science departmentAbstract
The paper presented an in-depth view of current practices of English language teaching at the Department of Political Science of the University of Karachi (Pakistan). It specifically narrowed its vision down to teach specific English course to the students of political science at the said university. Three tools were employed to collect the data for this study to determine the appropriateness of the English curriculum that could have met with the needs of students. The study also analyzed the teaching strategies that were adopted to teach English to the students of political science. This step followed to overcome students’ learning problems. The results led to suggest the designing of specific English curriculum for the students of political science that (curriculum) could bring clarity in teaching practices and methodologies adopted to teach English in connection with the particular norms of ESP practice and student need analysis.
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