Research on the Current Situation of the Teaching Skills of ESP Teachers in Colleges and Universities and its Countermeasures

By investigating the current situation of ESP teachers' teaching skills in colleges and universities, this paper finds out the problems existing in the teaching skills of ESP teachers in colleges and universities, and analyses the factors affecting the development of ESP teachers' teaching skills in colleges and universities. The purpose is to explore and try to put forward ways to promote the development of ESP teachers' teaching skills in colleges and universities, to improve ESP teachers' teaching skills and the quality of college English teaching, and to promote teaching and students' English Learning. This paper takes 100 ESP teachers from 40 universities in Shandong Province as the research object, investigates and studies the present situation of ESP teachers' teaching skills, analyses and discusses the existing problems, and tries to put forward some pertinent and operable suggestions to improve ESP teachers' teaching skills. This provides a more practical reference and guidance for the development of ESP teachers in colleges and universities, so that they can pay more attention to the training and application of teaching skills in teaching practice, so as to explore more effective teaching methods, and ultimately achieve the purpose of improving teaching effect. Keywords—colleges and universities; teachers’ professional development; ESP; teaching skills