The relationship between the students high school English Scores and Their University EGP and ESP Course Scores Regarding Their English scores in the University Entrance Examination

Aafsane Motallebi Moghaddam¹ Mojtaba Maghsoudi² Davood Madani³

1) Islamic Azad University ,Ara Branchk
2) Farhangian University of Arak
3) Islamic Azad University,Khomein Branch

IOI Code : XYCC-ACCBE
Publication : International Conference on Science and Engineering(icesconf.com)
Abstract :
    English for Specific Purposes (ESP) as one of the main branches of English language teaching has always been under research. Any learner before putting step forward to learn ESP has to have some knowledge of English known as English for General Purposes (EGP). In Iran which is the place in which the current research was carried out, this basic knowledge is offered to the students when they enter junior high school and continues till they enter university for higher educations. So, in order to find out whether the English courses in Iranian high schools and universities are in the same track or not, the current researcher has probed the relationship between the students high school English scores and their university EGP and ESP course scores regarding their English scores in the university entrance examination. The study was carried out in the Islamic Azad University of Arak and 261 subjects were selected. They were the students who had passed ESP courses. Surveying the needed data, some of the subjects were omitted as they did not meet the criteria by the researcher. Finally 87 subjects out of 261 ones were qualified to be included in the research. The needed data including the scores of ESP, EGP the high school English score and the English score in the university entrance examination of the subjects were gathered and analyzed through the Statistical Package of Scientific Studies (SPSS). Running Mann-Whitney and Spearman Correlation Coefficient tests revealed that the English courses in Iran are more or less in the same track. Key terms: English for General Purposes, English for Specific Purposes, Islamic Azad University of Arak, University Entrance Examination

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