Metaphorical Analysis of Teachers’ and Students’ Perceptions of ESP
Keywords:
metaphorical analysis, ESP, perceptions
Abstract
Despite the growing interest in English for Specific Purposes, little is known about university teachers’ and students’ perceptions towards the subject. The present research aims to investigate teachers’ and students’ perceptions towards ESP teaching and learning process in an Indonesian university. Employing metaphorical analysis, fifty students’ metaphors and thirty teachers’ metaphors were collected. The analysis of the metaphors revealed that while most students have neutral attitude towards ESP, most teachers experience ambivalences when teaching ESP. The study also found that the teachers conceptualized ESP as a physical activity requiring process, careful measurement, effort, preparation, and time.
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Alqahtani, M. A. (2015). Teaching English for specific purposes: attitudes among Saudi engineering students. English Language Teaching, 8(7), 76-94. DOI:10.5539/elt.v8n7p76
Atai, M. R. & Karrabi, M. (2015). An exploratory study of teacher efficacy doubts in English for specific academic purposes (ESAP) and English for general purpose (EGP) instruction. Iranian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 18(1), 29-64.
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Bas, M. & Gezegin, B. B. (2017). Metaphors of English as a foreign language. Global Journal of Foreign Language Teaching, 7(1), 2-8. DOI: 10.18844/gjflt.v7i1.2403
Dja’far, V. H., Cahyono, B. Y., & Basthomi, Y. (2016). EFL teachers’ perception of university students’ motivation and ESP learning achievement. Journal of Education and Practice, 7(14), 28-37.
Falaus, A. (2017). The current challenges of teaching ESP. Innovative Ideas in Science, 200, 1-7. DOI: 10.1088/1757-899X/200/1/012059
Fang, S. (2015). College EFL learners’ metaphorical perceptions of English learning. The Journal of Asia TEFL, 12(3), 61-79. DOI: 10.18823/asiatefl.2015.12.3.3.61
Farjami, H. (2012). EFL learners’ metaphors and images about foreign language learning. Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2(1), 93-109. DOI: 10.14746/ssllt.2012.2.1.5
Ferrante, K., Olson, K. M., Castor, T., Hoeft, M., Johnson, J. R., & Meyers, R. A. (2008). Students’ metaphors as descriptors of effective and ineffective learning Experiences. Practice and Evidence of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 3(2), 103-128.
Harrabi, A. (2010). Tunisian science and technology students’ perceptions of ESP courses: a step towards a program design. English for Specific Purposes World, 29(9), 1-20.
Hoa, N. T. T. & Mai, P. T. T. (2016). Difficulties in teaching English for specific purposes: empirical study at Vietnam universities. Higher Education Studies, 6(2), 154-161.
Javid, C. D. (2015). English for specific purposes: role of learners, teachers and teaching methodologies. European Scientific Journal, 11(20), 17-34.
Jin, L., Liang, X., Jiang, C., Zhang, J., Yuan, Y., & Xie, Q. (2014). Studying the motivations of Chinese young EFL learners through metaphor analysis. ELT Journal, 68(3), 286-298. DOI: 10.1093/elt/ccu011
Kesen, A. (2010). Turkish EFL learners’ metaphors with respect to English language coursebooks. Novitas-ROYAL (Research on Youth and Language), 4(1), 108-118.
Lakoff, G. 1993. ‘The contemporary theory of metaphor’ in A. ORtony (ed.). Metaphor and Thought (second edition). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Lakoff, G. & Johnson, M. (1980). Metaphors We Live By. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Littlewood, W. (2012). Learners’ metaphors stimulate thinking and discussion.Modern English Teacher, 21(4), 12-16. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18823/asiatefl.2015.12.3.3.61
Loan, T. T. (2017). English performance and students’ attitude towards ESP: a search for congruence. Asian Journal of Educational Research, 5(4), 72-91.
Luo, J. & Garner, M. (2017). The challenges and opportunities for English teachers in teaching ESP in China. Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 8(1), 81-86.
Nagamine, T. (2012). A metaphor analysis of preservice EFL teachers’ beliefs regarding professional identity. The Asian EFL Journal Quarterly, 14(2), 141-171.
Nguyen, H. & Nguyen, T. (2017). English for Specific Purposes (ESP): perceptions of students and teachers of learning needs at a Vietnamese school. International Journal of Advanced Research, 5(4), 793-803. DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/3877
Pishghadam, R. & Pourali, S. (2011). Metaphorical analysis of Iranian MA university students’ beliefs: a qualitative study. Higher Education Studies, 1(1), 27-37. DOI: 10.5539/hes.v1n1p27
Pitcher, R. (2013). Using metaphor analysis: MIP and beyond. The Qualitative Report, 18(34), 1-8. Retrieved from https://nsuworks.nova.edu/tqr/vol18/iss34/2
Poedjiastutie, D. (2017). The pedagogical challenges of English for specific purposes (ESP) teaching at the university of Muhamadiyah Malang, Indonesia. Academic Journals, 12(6), 338-349. DOI: 10.5897/ERR2016.3125
Poedjiastutie, D. & Oliver, R. (2017). English learning needs of ESP learners: exploring stakeholder perceptions at an Indonesian university. TEFLIN Journal, 28(1), 1-21. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15639/teflinjournal.v28i1/1-21
Saliu, B. (2013). Challenges for learners/ teachers in the ESP course for legal studies. SEEU Review, 9(1), 1-8. DOI: 10.2478/seeur-2013-0001
Schmitt, R. (2005). Systematic metaphor analysis as a method of qualitative research. The Qualitative Report, 10(2): 358-394. Retrieved from https://nsuworks.nova.edu/tqr/vol10/iss2/10
Simsek, M. R. (2014). A metaphor analysis of English teacher candidates’ pre- and post-course beliefs about language and teaching. Dicle Üniversitesi Ziya Gökalp Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, 22, 230-247.
Vasbieva, D. G. & Saienko, N. V. (2018). Exploring students’ perception and efficiency of technology-mediated ESP teaching. XLinguae, 11(1XL), 127-137. DOI: 10.18355/XL.2018.11.01XL.11
Wu, L. (2014). Technical college students’ perceptions of English for specific purposes vocabulary learning and teaching. International Journal of English Language Education, 2(1), 176-186. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5296/ijele.v2i1.4987
Zhang, X. (2016). Examining English language teachers through metaphorical analysis. Theory and Practice in Language Studies, 6(8), 1659-1664. DOI: 10.17507/tpls.0608.20
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2019-07-31
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Ishak, C. N. (2019). Metaphorical Analysis of Teachers’ and Students’ Perceptions of ESP. Indonesian EFL Journal: Journal of ELT, Linguistics, and Literature, 5(1), 56-76. Retrieved from https://ejournal.kopertais4.or.id/mataraman/index.php/efi/article/view/3605
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