ESP for Dieticians: Needs Analysis and Materials Development

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This survey aims to identify th attitudes towards EFL education among teaching staff who develop English curricula for dietitic majors in higher education. Based on the Japan Dietetic Association website and the official website for school prospectuses, we targeted teaching staff in 300 nutritionist and managerial dietician training institutions across Japan and asked for their participation in an anonymous, self-reported questionnaire survey. The language used in the questionnaire was Japanese, and requests for participation and data collection were carried out through the postal service. We collected and then analyzed 139 samples (46.3% response rate).As a result, while EFL teachers tend to focus on food culture, content teachers consider reading skills of academic papers should be taught.