The important skills ESP teachers need to be qualified to teach ESP courses

الملخص EN

The research studies the skills that a teacher of English for specific purposes should have to be able to teach this subject successfully.

The researcher also points to the difficulties that the teacher might face when attempting to teach the ESP course and the way to overcome such obstacles.

This leads the researcher to test the following hypothesis: the ESP teachers should possess certain skills that enable them to teach this subject successfully.

A questionnaire was distributed to ESP teachers that taught or currently are teaching ESP at the University of Basra.

According to the results there were certain suggestions to improve the level of teaching this subject.