چکیده:
Nowadays, English language plays an important role in the job of engineers and it is necessary to become familiar with engineers’ objectives, attitudes, and expectations in order to have an appropriate course design. The purpose of this study was to explore the needs analysis of English learning of engineers in Esfahan Steel Company (ESCO). This study aimed at investigating the required level of language skills in performing their jobs effectively, the employees’ attitude towards their English professional courses, their professional needs, their language skills and tasks, and the difficulties they face while studying a language. A questionnaire consisting of 25 items was distributed among the engineers working at ten sections of ESCO. In addition, interviews and observations were done in order to increase the reliability of the research. Time, financial resources, and worker expectations ask for more reliable methods to provide a better situation in the workplace. Based on the findings obtained from this study, it can be concluded that receptive skills were perceived as a bit more important than the productive skills to perform the job effectively and the revision of the current professional training programs seems to be necessary to offer appropriate ESP course curriculum.
خلاصه ماشینی:
com Abstract Nowadays, English language plays an important role in the job of engineers and it is necessary to become familiar with engineers’ objectives, attitudes, and expectations in order to have an appropriate course design.
Based on the findings obtained from this study, it can be concluded that receptive skills were perceived as a bit more important than the productive skills to perform the job effectively and the revision of the current professional training programs seems to be necessary to offer appropriate ESP course curriculum.
Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate the different English language needs of engineers in ESCO in order to provide empirical data to develop their professional skills in their workplaces.
Distribution of the Participants Based on Their Gender Procedure and instrumentation In this research, a questionnaire, interview, and observation were used as the data collection instruments with the purpose of finding out which areas of the English language needed more attention and predict the most necessary subject matters to be included in the syllabus of ESP courses.
Based on this present study and the related studies such as Barkhordari and Chalak (2017), Moiinvaziri (2014), Al-Tamimi and Shuib (2009) and Nezamabadi (2014), it should be mentioned that, an ESP course curriculum should adjust learners’ demands through preparing meaningful experience with language and emphasize on tasks and activities that will ease the process of learning.