Pre-service teachers’ experiences offering ESP courses to music and literature university students in Mexico
Keywords:
teacher education, language teaching, English for Specific Purposes, applied research, reflective practiceAbstract
The BA in Teaching English at the University of Guanajuato trains future teachers of English as a Foreign Language (EFL). Two fresh graduates of the program conducted an action-research project in English for Specific Purposes (ESP) in which they taught English to undergraduate students of music and literature, respectively, as part of their internship and for their BA dissertation. The main objective of this current study is to explore their teaching experience through reflection on the design and implementation of the courses they taught. The thematic analysis of the data collected through in-depth semi-structured interviews revealed that, while the participants enjoyed giving the sessions due to their own affinity with the area they were teaching in, the BA program could benefit from the inclusion of a subject on teaching ESP.
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