ERIC Number: EJ1085316
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015-Jul
Pages: 14
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ESP Learners' Needs Related Learning for the Workplace: A Pragmatic Study for Business School
Liton, Hussain Ahmed
International Journal of Instruction, v8 n2 p3-16 Jul 2015
Typically, an ESP course is designed to develop students' communication skills not solely for the office, but also for useful in a specific workplace. Unfortunately, ESP for Schools of Business at some South-East Asian universities is not being very effective in promoting students' performance in the workplace. Behind this backdrop, this paper explores learners' pragmatic workplace learning practices that impact on their profession and have immediate applicability to their professional responsibilities. This article, in other words, addresses the gaps between what students learn in ESP class and what they need in real workplace. The data were collected through questionnaires from 30 ESP teachers. The data were analysed both qualitatively and quantitatively. The research results revealed that the current ESP in use fails to capture the learners' needs and skills in workplace communication. It, therefore, suggests that ESP textbook has to adapt the practical workplace needs related materials as well as supplementing extra materials through teachers' constant "needs analysis".
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), English for Special Purposes, Workplace Learning, Instructional Effectiveness, Questionnaires, English Teachers, Qualitative Research, Statistical Analysis, Student Needs, Communication Skills, Education Work Relationship, Needs Assessment, Textbooks, College Students, Business Administration Education, Student Centered Learning, Teacher Attitudes
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Asia; Bangladesh; Kuwait; Malaysia; Pakistan; Saudi Arabia
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