Investigating third-year students’ perspectives on specific listening sub-skills in ESP

Abstract EN

In the English for specific purposes (ESP) context, it is essential to tailor listening instruction to meet the needs of students, with an emphasis on developing the specific sub-skills required to enhance students' performance and make their listening most effective.

to achieve this, a study was conducted with 130 third-year students of ESP at the English department of Badji Mokhtar university-Annaba to investigate how they evaluate their sub-skill levels and the challenges they experience.

it also explores students' perspectives on the differences between listening in English for general purposes (EGP) and ESP and the sub-skills most relevant to ESP.

the paper’s results draw stakeholders’ attention to these practices that could raise students' awareness about the specific nature of listening in ESP, motivate them, and improve the learning of listening in an ESP context.