Needs analysis for english for specific purpose course development for engineering students in Korea

Abstract

In this era of globalization, English communication ability for engineers whose native language is not English has become as important as their major related abilities. As Korea has been implementing export-oriented economy policy, industries should be equipped with global communication tool, English. In engineering fields, the accreditation system for engineering education has been adopted to meet the global standard for engineers. Engineering majors provide more English courses in addition to the general English courses. The purpose of this paper is to provide detailed description of the needs analysis to develop an ESP course for engineering students in Korea. A needs analysis through survey questionnaire was done on three different groups: students group, engineering professors group, and industry workers group. With the triangulated source the data could get credibility and is expected to serve for ESP course development. © 2013 SERSC.