LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 20:11 November 2020
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Using Needs Analysis to Design a Student Centric English Curriculum for
Engineering Students

Dr. Lovely John Menachery

Abstract

This paper is based on a study of the effectivity of the engineering English curriculum at the level of the University, in helping students acquire academic and professional language competence. The study sought answers to whether the English Curriculum fulfilled the needs of engineering students by reviewing the objectives, syllabus, teaching methodology and assessment. The findings are based on the analysis of the engineering English course in Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University and an analysis of the students’ language needs using tools like Questionnaires, interview, and interactions. The investigation showed that the most important need of the students, teachers and employers was better communication skills. It is imperative to bring changes in the English course for engineers to retain its relevance.

Keywords: English curriculum, India, university level, Needs analysis, necessities, lacks, language needs, wants, curriculum

Introduction

As per the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), the apex body of engineering education, all engineering and technical institutes in India should have some mandatory social science subjects in their curriculum. Communication Skills is one of these compulsory subjects taught in the first semester of engineering education in the engineering colleges of Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University (hereafter RTMNU). The objective of engineering English curriculum at the tertiary level is to produce students who are sufficiently proficient in English to cope with and succeed in their tertiary studies and be competent enough to meet the demands of a globalized workplace.

In RTMNU, as in universities across India, the medium of instruction for science and technology is English. Engineers must know English, to access subject knowledge; to keep abreast of the latest in their fields, and to gain employment. But the role of English language skills in science and technology appears to be underestimated.

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Dr. Lovely John Menachery
Department of English
Hislop College, Nagpur, India
l.menachery@gmail.com
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