The data of this qualitative and quantitative study were collected through the questionnaires and interviews with the former students who used to take ESP courses. From the results, the paper offered some suggestions for improving the effectiveness of the program as well as removing the constraints of the situation. | AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE VIEWS OF FORMER NON-MAJORED STUDENTS ABOUT ESP TEACHING AND LEARNING A CASE STUDY IN HCMC UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION Nguyen Thi Tu MA Nguyen Hien Doan Trang MA Nguyen Minh Tam Nguyen Thi Tu took an MA degree in TESOL from HCM University of Social Sciences and Humanities-Vietnam National University in 2005. She is interested in TESOL Linguistics and Education. She has been a lecturer in HCMC University of Pedagogy for more than 10 years teaching both General English and ESP. Her research interests involve TESOL Applied Linguistics and Education Management. Nguyen Hien Doan Trang graduated from English Department HCMC University of Education in 2007 and taught at Division of Foreign Languages at the same university until 2010. In 2011 she undertook a Masters in Applied Linguistics at The University of Queensland Australia on a Vietnamese government scholarship. She is again teaching at the University of Education and is interested in teaching methodology and nonverbal channels in teaching. In February 2012 she attended the 8th Annual CamTESOL Conference on English Language Teaching in Cambodia and received a CamTESOL Regional Innovation Award sponsored by Australian Education International AEI . Nguyen Minh Tam graduated from Pre-school Department HCMC University of Education in 2012. She is teaching at National College of Education - Ho Chi Minh City. She has done research since a student. She is now taking the higher education program offered by HCMC University of Education to take degree. Abstract English for Specific Purpose ESP is not only an important but also an indispensable aspect in teaching and learning English especially to the tertiary education. As Johns and Dudley- Evans 1991 state ESP emerged as quot a vigorous and viable movement quot and has attracted the attention of many researchers particularly the ones within the field of TEFL Teaching 21 T h e 2 0 1 3 c o n f e r e n c e I n n o v a t i o n i n t e a c h i n g a n d
