The Facilitating Role of ESP Courses for Computer Engineering Purposes
Keywords:
English for Specific Purposes, Need, Needs Analysis, Specific knowledgeAbstract
The role of ESP courses to provide learners their specific needs in foreign language has been well recognized. ESP courses focus on the needs of the learners; therefore, they can help with achieving special requirements that are relevant to learners. This study aims to define ESP through putting forward its contributions to learners. And the main goal of this study is to put forth the use of ESP in computer Engineering
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