GASPRO International Journal of Eminent Scholars

ABSTRACT

The study examines the impact of English for Specific Purpose (ESP) to Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in Nigeria. Three research questions and three null hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. Survey design was adopted with population of 148 TVET lecturers drawn from six Universities in South-south, Nigeria. All the 148 TVET lecturers were used for the study. Cronbach Alpha statistics was used which yielded a reliability coefficient of 0.83. Mean and standard deviation were used for data analyses of the research questions while t-test was used to test the hypotheses. Findings of the study revealed English for Specific Purpose (ESP) is relevant to TVET. The findings of the study further showed that Poor provision of qualified lecturers, poor funding, Lack of interest to attend training workshops and seminar, poor infrastructural facilities such as library, classroom blocks, workshops, laboratories and recreational facilities are challenges facing effective ESP in TVET in Universities in Nigeria. The study therefore recommended that TVET curriculum should be reviewed in collaboration with experts in ESP, Federal, State and Local government should improve funding of TVET programmes by providing ESP compliance, facilities, equipment, instructional materials, employ TVET lecturers that are ESP compliance in TVET department, retraining of TVET lecturers to update their ESP knowledge and skills and supervise TVET programmes.

KEYWORDS:            English for Specific Purpose (ESP), Vocational Technical Education, Teachers, Universities, South-south