@book{55627,
	author = {Buriro, Ghulam Saqib  and English Language Center },
	title = {Need Assessment And Evaluation of a Communication Skills Course For Engineering Students Of Pakistan   (MS These)},
	publisher = {QUEST,},
	year = {2012.},
	address = {Nawabshah:},
	note = {ABSTRACT

This  study  investigated  the  English  language  needs  of  students  enrolled  in  the undergraduate engineering programme at Quaid-E-Awam University of Engineering Science, and Technology,  Sindh Pakistan, and  evaluated  the  current  Writing  and Communication  Skills  Course provided  to  assist  them  meet  their  academic  and professional  needs. It used questionnaires to seek the perspectives  of the currently y enrolled final year students from Civil Engineering Department, and English teachers of ELC. Course documents from two other universi11es m the context of engineering m Pakistan  and  QU EST  were  analysed  as  well  as  two  textbooks  on  English  for engineering to sec the extent to which the content and methodology of the WCS was based on the principles of ESP for engineering professionals. The main findings of the study were that students' specific needs were not being met, that all three courses surveyed were more genera l than speci fic academic purposes courses and t hat only the international textbook offered a course that was t ruly specific to the language needs of engineers. Implication s of the findings for the study 111 terms of improvements to content and methodology for the WCS course tn QUEST Pakistan arc outlined m the
Final section of the study.
},
	url = {https://tinyurl.com/d5tw9n83}
}