The main purpose of this study Â»e.e to Lnve st Lgat e thernqrrreht attitudes of s t.uden t s an d teachers in technicalrnschools t owar ds the use of ~n :SSP (English for specificrnpurposes) teaching mat er La L, 159 stUGents ailu 72 teachersrnfrom t hr ee gove r-nmerrtt.echni.c al schools in Addis Ababa, werernthe uubjects of the study.rnTo .ichi.eve the [dr.i intended, the rosoar-cherrnimplemented two sauplcs of t o.ich.i.ng mcterie.ls, GPE (Generalrnpur~osc En~liGh) Jnd ESP (English for specific purposes).rnAll subjects w er-c expo sec to both teaching :n.C:-.terir.,ls.rnIn the CDse of the students, the researcher t~ught themrnboth te~chin~ ~~tcri&ls for five days 82ch.rnSubsequently, to obtain dat2 for th~ study, observationrn(activities observed during the five deys of teaching period)rn&nc:,two qu estf.onurn.r-c s of the S3';'10 ne-'turewere cpplied.rnThe subjects' res~onses were tallie~. coded and percentagesrn~ere conputad for e~ch it~m. To comp2rc students' andrntoachers' res~onsc8, 5 p~irad questions or stctcmcnts havingrntvo contrr.at.Lag fac.tures were selected and crOSG tr.buLr.t ed;rnI:::' adcu.tLon , intor-school ccupz.rd sons with rCGe-rd to thernJistri~ution of ESP toachin3 ~ teriel responses Were mcde.rnTlL) an.aly ses of the results show t h,..t , all in 2.11,rnstudGntb' ~.nd tc~c~Grs' Lttitudos to~ards th3 use of ESPrnOn tho b; sis of the finding!::, r-ocommendrt Lon ornconcerning tho cur-r-orrt i:.ttitudos of t cchru.c e I school at u dc nt ernand t er.c h er s t.owr-r-ds the dsiro for ESP Lcc r n.ing -n d t cac.h Lngrnnro stcted, end also the need for further intensivo rosoprchrnr-ogar dr ng tho other ESP vr.r Lrb Los is suggc st od.