The Role of the ESP Teacher in Enhancing ESB Students’ Writing Knowledge in Banking

Abstract

The study aims at investigating the role of the ESP teacher in enhancing students’ writing knowledge in the banking field at the High School of Banking-Bouzareah. Through this study we wanted to know whether the ESP teacher can help ESB students acquire knowledge that allows them to write good formal letters. The number of participants was 88 who represent first year students from both BSB and DSEB cycles. In order to achieve the aims of the study, the researcher used a number of tools for data collection that included a questionnaire and an interview. The results of the study have shown the following: - The students’ rating to their ESP teachers was relatively low. - The ESB students showed dissatisfaction with the different aspects of the writing program presented by the ESP teachers. - The students have a great deficiency in relation to their knowledge about writing formal letters. In general, the results of the study have shown that the ESP teacher at the High School of Banking doesn’t provide them with the necessary knowledge which allows them write good formal letters.