iranian efl instructors’ perceptions toward esp courses

this study was conducted to examine iranian efl instructors’ perceptions of esp courses in different aspects such as instructional issues and working environments. this study also aimed at determining if there were significant differences in instructors’ perceptions of instructional issues according to their gender. to this end, 12 instructors, which were selected randomly from different universities in isfahan, participated in this study. a questionnaire containing 32 different items was designed by the researchers and was given to the participants. the rating scale was based on a four-point likert scale ranging from strongly agree to strongly disagree. the results revealed that instructors’ knowledge of esp should be strengthened specially in the field of communicative teaching methods. the results also revealed that there were no significant differences in instructors’ perceptions based on gender. this study has implications for esp curriculum designing and development in iran and can help iranian efl instructors in different ways toward esp courses.