IMPROVING ENGLISH COMMUNICATION SKILLS FOR ENGINEERING STUDENTS: A CASE STUDY AT NAM DINH UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION

Ngo Thi Thom, Dang Quyet Thang

Tóm tắt

During the past few decades, with the need for communication skills in English as one of the most important recruitment criteria, future graduates need to be equipped with sufficient English language and communication abilities relevant to their respective fields. In response to these requirements, English for Specific Purposes (ESP) has been introduced in the curricula of many universities all over the world. This paper states the current situation of teaching and learning ESP, measures which have been implemented together with some achievements, and proposes further solutions for better quality of ESP teaching and learning as well as English communication skills of Engineering students at Nam Dinh University of Technology Education (NUTE), Vietnam. The analysis is based on the comparison between the curriculum first compiled in 2013 and the one currently used, and the scores of ESP module by second-year students from the Faculty of Electronic Electrical Engineering in the last 3 years and survey responses by NUTE lecturers and students. The results show that there have been remarkable changes in increasing the focus on communication skills and better scores on the module final exam. The limitation of the study is a quite small sample of participants in an institution. Hence, further research with a larger number of participants and more measures to improve the English proficiency of engineering students is highly recommended.

Citation this article (Ngo & Dang, 2024)

Ngo, T. T., & Dang, Q. T. (2024). IMPROVING ENGLISH COMMUNICATION SKILLS FOR ENGINEERING STUDENTS: A CASE STUDY AT NAM DINH UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION. Hoa Sen University Journal of Science , 3, 26–34. https://vjol.info.vn/index.php/dhs/article/view/94035