ESP for Psychology and Law Tertiary Level Students: Attitudes, Challenges and Obstacles

Educators have not started talking about affective factors in ESP until lately(Makrami, 2010). ESP has found its way in daily lives of a majority of peopleand it has also become a part of tertiary education programme in Iranianuniversities. However, rarely has anything been done after putting these ESPcourses into work, and many obstacles appeared soon after putting ESP coursesinto practice. The current study aims to investigate the attitudes and viewsinstructors and students hold towards ESP courses. Data were gathered byinterviewing instructors and students of psychology and law at Islamic AzadUniversity, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch. The results showed that crowdedclasses, lack of motivation, and poor infrastructure are the main issues that theyare dealing with. Furthermore, the need for integration of some aspects ofEnglish like pronunciation and grammar is felt in ESP courses. The findings ofthis study could be of help to practitioners and material designers.