THE GROWING ROLE AND IMPORTANCE OF ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES – STUDENTS’ AWARENESS AND ATTITUDES
Abstract
The knowledge of the English language, as a global lingua franca is necessary for following professional literature, communicating with foreign business partners, as well as correspondence and various forms of written expression. An important aspect of language education on the higher educational level is learning English for a given purpose. ESP (English for Specific Purposes), as a subfield of the English language, that is distinct and special, is an excellent means for individuals to connect and communicate within a certain profession. Knowing that the main goal of a foreign language learning program, with the application of a communicative approach, is to provide students with the information as well as a good deal of experience needed to fulfil their communicative needs in a second language it is not difficult to become aware of the importance of ESP. The intention of this paper is to examine to what extent university students are motivated to learn ESP, as well as to what extent are they aware of the importance of ESP for the profession they have chosen. It is also planned to determine whether students, who after many years of learning English continue to study it at the university, have any particular expectations from the ESP course in the first year of study, whether there are certain difficulties with the acquisition of professional terminology, as well as to what extent the students are satisfied with the achieved success.
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