Teaching ESP Terminology- Case Study Agricultural University of Tirana (AUT)

Abstract

English for Specific Purposes (ESP) focuses on learners’ specific needs in a particular profession. There are different reasons why people study a language. ESP is starting to play an important role in today’s world. The aim of this article is to find the difficulties encountered by the students when learning the terminology of Agriculture and Environment. For this reason, 103 questionnaires were collected. The questions are based on the process of learning-teaching specialized vocabulary. They provide feedback on student’s difficulties in learning ESP terminology. The main aim is to teach students basic and advance working knowledge, so they can communicate in English in the area of their study. The focus of this study is to present a detailed description of the students’ needs and difficulties in learning ESP terminology.