RATIONALE FOR THE STUDY ENGLISH IS A COMPULSORY SUBJECT AT HO CHI...
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Rationale for the Study
English is a compulsory subject at Ho Chi Minh city University of Industry ( HUI ) Nghe
An campus. As a consequence ESP is also an importantly compulsory subject for
students who passed the GE courses. Having a good knowledge of GE and especially
ESP is considered to be necessary means for any graduates who wish to find a good job,
better in foreign companies or banks. Therefore, there is a growing and wide demand to
learn English at universities. As for the second year students at HUI Nghe An campus,
ESP in general , and English for Finance and Banking in particular is extremely
important because the students are expected to become people who work in the local
banks and the international banks. Thus, in the curriculum for Banking English there are
parts for four language skills. However, in this training base the teacher does realize that
reading is given the greatest account of the four skills in the course books. Moreover, in
comparison with writing, speaking and listening, it is reading that will be used most often
in the students‟ future jobs.
To meet the demand of the learners, many ESP programmes have been
designed. Together with the worldwide trend to learn ESP, the teaching staff of Finance
and Banking Department at HUI collected documents and designed some ESP
programmes for Finance and Banking students at HUI. Therefore, to improve reading
English skill in Finance and Banking by working out some problems which may
negatively have influence on students‟ learning reading English for Finance and Banking
and then suggest some possible solutions to overcome those problems.