tailieunhanh - Challenges of teaching and learning English for specific purposes in several universities in Vietnam

The current research besides aims to provide an effective overview and add our understanding to teaching and learning ESP in several universities in Vietnam. Synchronous and comprehensive recommendations will hopefully be valuable to improve the situation of teaching and learning of ESP in Vietnam universities. | Kỷ yếu Hội thảo khoa học Quốc tế năm 2023 HƯỚNG NGHIỆP KHỞI NGHIỆP TRONG THỜI ĐẠI SỐ - GIẢI PHÁP CHO GIÁO DỤC VIỆT NAM Nguyen Thi Minh Hieu - Bui Van Hong - Tran Tuyen CHALLENGES OF TEACHING AND LEARNING ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES IN SEVERAL UNIVERSITIES IN VIETNAM Nguyen Thi Minh Hieu - Bui Van Hong - Tran Tuyen Abstract Due to the growing of globalization English is one of the most powerful languages and even more influential to the students who are preparing for working purposes after graduation. The demands of students field of study and necessity for labor market has prioritized the significant role of English for Specific Purposes ESP . However as a matter of fact inadequate training has made the teaching and learning of ESP not as effective as expected and leads to the inability to meet current social needs. Therefore teaching and learning ESP has developed rapidly in many years and receive great attention from educational institutions such as universities and researchers. By applying qualitative research method forming of collection analyzation and literature review of non- numerical data on definition ideas and the teaching and learning ESP the current study evaluates challenges in teaching and learning ESP. The current research besides aims to provide an effective overview and add our understanding to teaching and learning ESP in several universities in Vietnam. Synchronous and comprehensive recommendations will hopefully be valuable to improve the situation of teaching and learning of ESP in Vietnam universities. Key words English for Specific Purposes needs analysis challenges in teaching and learning ESP. 1. INTRODUCTION . Background of study and statement of problems In the general trend of Teaching English as a Foreign Language TEFL many studies refer to English for Specific Purposes ESP as an important part. In Vietnam English is considered a Foreign Language EFL and it is a compulsory subject in Postgraduate Ho Chi Minh City University of .