An Evaluative Study of the "Introduction to the Study of Law"Which is the ESP Course Taught to the First Year, Iraqi Law Students

Abstract

The ESP courses essentially emerged all over the world as a
discipline to fulfill the needs of the learners who want to learn
English to communicate the outward people in different
purposes. As so the ESP course is designed to be sufficient in
terms of quality and quantity to obtain the aim to which it is
designed.
In Iraq, for example, we do have a certain ESP course
entitled Introduction to the Study of Law" by Dr. Riyadh AlQaysi published in 1967 as an example used in teaching the first
year students in Colleges and departments of law. The course
adopted some aspects and terms related to the study of law. The
target of this study is to evaluate the above mentioned ESP
course in order to reveal whether it is sufficient in contents and
performance, and to find out to which extent the Iraqi law
students in present time utilize from the current outdated ESP
course which had been published in 1967, i.e. after 46 years.
It is well-known that Iraq had passed different changes
since 1967 up till now starting from the change of the political
of the Iraqi regime after 1968, different sever wars, the
economical blockade, the American occupation, again the
change of the Iraqi political regime after 2003, the security
deteriorating, the fewness of working and employing chances,
the spread of the worldly communication means especially
Internet, etc. The researcher thinks that these changes may affect
the Iraqi tongue, mood and attitudes towards learning in general
and towards ESP course in particular.
Al- Fatih Journal . No. 53 April 2013 M .A. Musliheddien Nasiefi
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The researcher embodied the problem of the study in three
diminutions: 1) the outdated of this course that is not suit the
modern methods, 2) the non-submission of this course to the
different changes since 1967, and 3) the contents of this course
do not achieve the aim of communication because it is originally
a translated version from Arabic text to be studied in Arabic not
in English.
The researcher used an interview, a questionnaire and a
test as instruments to fulfill the requirements of the study.
According to the findings, the researcher suggested an
alternative course that corresponds with real needs of the
students depending on the basic standards in designing the ESP
courses.