The challenges of teaching English for economics

الملخص EN

The aim of the present paper is to shed light on the major problems and barriers that hinder successful ESP teaching / learning in the Algerian University.

It reports the findings of a study conducted at the faculty of Economic Sciences, Commerce and Management of the University of Ghardaia with a sample of 5 ESP teachers and 99 students enrolled at different departments across the faculty.

Classroom observation and two questionnaires were used for data collection.

The results revealed that ESP is facing many challenges in our universities among them : the lack of ESP syllabus, lack of ESP teacher training, lack of teaching resources, lack of students' motivation, large classes and insufficient instruction hours.