The Difference between the EGP Texts and ESP Texts in Terms of Readability

The Difference between the EGP Texts and ESP Texts in Terms of Readability

Abstract. EGP and ESP are two main subject areas for the university students who are going to have a B.A degree. The former is a general course and the latter a specific one as the names indicate. To the authors learning EGP as a general course for all B.A. students should pave the way to go through ESP course. It means having a general knowledge of language could be of great help in understanding language for specific purposes which is stuffed with specific vocabulary, etc. Text as a main factor in both courses generally and the relationship between the readability of them specifically has been investigated in the current study. To fulfill such a purpose, a piece of reading in GE book which is offered to all students who are going to have a B.A. degree was compared with readings extracted from 4 different ESP books in terms of readability. The results revealed that there is a meaningful relationship between the readability of EGP and ESP texts in Azad University of Arak.