How to Select ESP Materials for a CS class Taffe (op.cit) claims that materials within computer science are intended to develop facility with the specialized language of the discipline, explain the results of the study, help in classifying fuzzy ideas. CS students learn through getting articles selected by teachers, then are asked to read then summarize them. This may help them improve their organizational ideas from the original one. “In addition to specialized language and organizational skills, students learn to combine text and graphics to explain their results.” (Taffe, op.cit, p.157) When teaching CS students, a variation of materials are needed; questionnaires and dairies, formal specification, project correspondences, system documentation, requests for proposals or quotations, the final report and standards for the analysis process. Thus, courses entail appropriate selection and preparation of technical materials. Teaching within a CS classroom using inappropriate ESP materials may leave a negative impact on their learning and level. Thus, ESP materials for CS students should not be selected randomly but should be based on specific criteria. Appropriate materials selection within a CS classroom depends on the presence of specific criteria such as: the use of interesting and varied activities, enough authentic language, good explanation of grammar rules, integration of skills, enough educational and cultural knowledge, appropriateness of target language, related to the objectives of the programme and learners’ need.
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