A STUDY OF NEEDS IN USING ENGLISH OF ENGINEERING STUDENTS AT QUAID-E-AWAM UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, PAKISTAN

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to analyse the engineering students’ need to use English.  The target population included two groups: fourth year engineering students (523) and engineering teachers (173), and the sample of this study included 217 students and 132 engineering teachers. They were selected by the simple random sampling technique. Two sets of questionnaires (students and teachers) were used as research tools and verified by three experts. The Cronbach’s alpha reliability coefficients of questionnaires were .95. Data were analysed by using mean score, standard deviation, and independent t-test. The findings showed that both teachers and students found very extensive needs of speaking and writing skills at their top priority. They needed more courses to design in order to meet their needs.