Gamta, Tilahun (PhD)Mehari, Haile2018-07-112023-11-092018-07-112023-11-091989-06http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/7934The main purpose of this study »e.e to Lnve st Lgat e the qrrreht attitudes of s t.uden t s an d teachers in technical schools t owar ds the use of ~n :SSP (English for specific purposes) teaching mat er La L, 159 stUGents ailu 72 teachers from t hr ee gove r-nmerrtt.echni.c al schools in Addis Ababa, were the uubjects of the study. To .ichi.eve the [dr.i intended, the rosoar-cher implemented two sauplcs of t o.ich.i.ng mcterie.ls, GPE (General pur~osc En~liGh) Jnd ESP (English for specific purposes). All subjects w er-c expo sec to both teaching :n.C:-.terir.,ls. In the CDse of the students, the researcher t~ught them both te~chin~ ~~tcri&ls for five days 82ch. Subsequently, to obtain dat2 for th~ study, observation (activities observed during the five deys of teaching period) &nc:,two qu estf.onurn.r-c s of the S3';'10 ne-'turewere cpplied. The subjects' res~onses were tallie~. coded and percentages ~ere conputad for e~ch it~m. To comp2rc students' and toachers' res~onsc8, 5 p~irad questions or stctcmcnts having tvo contrr.at.Lag fac.tures were selected and crOSG tr.buLr.t ed; I:::' adcu.tLon , intor-school ccupz.rd sons with rCGe-rd to the Jistri~ution of ESP toachin3 ~ teriel responses Were mcde. TlL) an.aly ses of the results show t h,..t , all in 2.11, studGntb' ~.nd tc~c~Grs' Lttitudos to~ards th3 use of ESP On tho b; sis of the finding!::, r-ocommendrt Lon o concerning tho cur-r-orrt i:.ttitudos of t cchru.c e I school at u dc nt e and t er.c h er s t.owr-r-ds the dsiro for ESP Lcc r n.ing -n d t cac.h Lng nro stcted, end also the need for further intensivo rosoprch r-ogar dr ng tho other ESP vr.r Lrb Los is suggc st od.enTeaching MaterialThesis