چکیده مقاله
This study was conducted to evaluate an ESP textbook named Oxford handbook of commercial correspondences to investigate the needs of the participants who were from five different Shipping lines agencies and ESP teachers The research was carried out by adopting a mixed methods approach At the beginning of the study, a needs analysis questionnaire was distributed to 60 shipping line staff who had studied the ESP textbook named Oxford Handbook of Commercial Correspondence to identify their english language needs for their career To eliminate the random respond in questionnaires by participants, a set of interviews arranged with five Shipping Line staff to investigate their needs and expectations from an ESP course book and their satisfaction on the ESP course book being evaluated Afterwards, the coursebook evaluation questionnaire was distributed to other 60 Shipping line employees to identify to what extent the course book was successful in fulfilling their needs Besides, semi structured interviews were carried out to triangulate the results The data collected from the questionnaires were analyzed quantitatively by using SPSS program, while those collected from documents and interview transcriptions were analyzed qualitatively Findings of the language needs analysis confirmed that all four of the language skills were important for the students’ career In conclusion, the results indicated that the ESP course had some limitations including its curriculum, the teaching learning materials and tasks used However, the textbook was to some extent helpful in commercial correspondence field
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نویسندگان
Tayebeh Fani
Sama Technical and Vocational Training College Tehran Branch Kan , Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
Maryam Jamshidi Farhadi
Department of Foreign Languages, Faculty of Humanities, Islamic Azad University, E campus, Tehran, Iran
شیوه ارجاع
Fani, Tayebeh and Jamshidi Farhadi, Maryam,1399,A Needs Analysis Approach to the Evaluation of English-for-Shipping-Staff Course book,5th International Conference on the Study of Language, Literature, Culture and History
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مجموعه مقالات پنجمین کنفرانس بین المللی مطالعات زبان،ادبیات، فرهنگ و تاریخ25 تیر 1399