Significance of Conducting Need Analysis in ESP Curriculum: A Study with Reference to Engineering Colleges of Odisha, India

Abstract

This empirical study examines various aspects of a need analysis in the teaching and learning process of English for engineering purposes.  The main purpose was to look at the current English syllabus of different engineering colleges and to study how effectively they have been implemented at the classroom level. It also attempted to find out how language skills along with life-skills can be learnt effectively by engineering students for proper utilization by them in real life situations. Research through focused interview on final year students of different engineering colleges of Odisha had been conducted. The discussion shows that a host of similar challenging problems exist in different engineering colleges in India. This study tries to seek alternative measures to overcome them. No research has been conducted till now in engineering colleges of Odisha on these aspects. Its results and implications will no doubt be of use to policy makers, teachers and also for students to assess the English language needs of learners of engineering colleges of Odisha.