A Contextual Study of Learner Autonomy and Motivation The Case of the 2nd Year Students at the Preparatory School of Sciences and Techniques of Tlemcen

Abstract

Teaching ESP may be a hard task particularly when it is taught in some institutions as the Preparatory School of Sciences and Techniques of Tlemcen. Teachers are faced with some obstacles and difficulties; therefore, the instructor should take into consideration some parameters which may affect second year students’ learning of ESP as the diversity of the classrooms, the level of each student as well as his/her weaknesses when learning the English language . According to the researcher, if learner autonomy is introduced in ESP classrooms of the Preparatory School, it may overcome lacks and raises learners’ level, and thus, by helping students to adopt suitable strategies and methods and make some changes in the role of the teacher.