1.2 THE STUDENTS 1.2 THE STUDENTS

2.1.2 The students

There is one class of vocational training college of Finance and Banking at HUI

in Nghe An campus. They come from different parts of the province. Some of them are

from the rural or remote areas, where there are no good opportunities for studying

English, these students commonly did not spend much time learning English at high

school before. The others come from cities, who, theoretically, have all finished three

years or seven years of learning English at secondary schools before entering the HUI

Nghe An campus. To some extent, there are some students whose English is very good,

but generally the target students' English proficiency is still low level. Most of them

learn English to read specialized documents rather than speak English to foreigners.

Some have strong pressure to pass exams with high mark; the others would prefer ESP

enhance their specialized knowledge, which is required in their future jobs. However,

specialized knowledge in Vietnamese makes it easy for them to learn English for

Finance and Banking, and, on the other hand, brings them high motivation in learning

ESP. In addition, it helps students feel more confident to interact with teacher in ESP

class.