TEACHING ESP TO DENTISTRY STUDENTS

Abstract

The paper aims to explore the dental English for Specific Purposes (ESP) students’ perceptions of the ESP material and its influence on their English proficiency in the dentistry department. The study adopts a qualitative technique of semi-structured interviews to elicit the views of 15 purposively chosen participants. The process of a thematic analysis of the qualitative data led to the emergence of three overarching themes that aimed to answer the main research question which is how the dental student’s context perceive the ESP materials and the impact these materials have on their language proficiency.