Open AccessEnglish for Specific Purposes: Designing an EAP Course for Computer Science Students
Author(s) -
Isra Irshad,
Behzad Anwar
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of education and educational development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2313-3538
pISSN - 2310-0869
DOI - 10.22555/joeed.v5i1.1533
Subject(s) - active listening , syllabus , likert scale , reading (process) , mathematics education , english for academic purposes , context (archaeology) , preference , psychology , academic year , data collection , english language , computer science , pedagogy , medical education , medicine , linguistics , sociology , mathematics , paleontology , developmental psychology , philosophy , social science , communication , biology , statistics
The aim of this study was to design English for Academic Purposes (EAP) course for University students enrolled in the Computer Science Department. For this purpose, academic English language needs of the students were analyzed by using a 5 point Likert scale questionnaire. Additionally, interviews were also conducted with four faculty members of the department and the data were analyzed qualitatively. Thus, mixed methods were used for collection and analyses of data. The results of the analysis of questionnaire and interviews indicate that the four language skills, namely listening, speaking, reading and writing are frequently used in students’ academic context and among the four, speaking is the most frequently used skill. Students are deficient in writing and speaking skills as compared to listening and reading; therefore, speaking and writing should be given preference while designing the syllabus.