DocumentCode :
3035178
Title :
Survey of workplace english needs among computer science graduates
Author :
Kaneko, Emiko ; Rozycki, William ; Orr, Thomas
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Aizu, Aizu-Wakamatsu, Japan
fYear :
2009
fDate :
19-22 July 2009
Firstpage :
1
Lastpage :
6
Abstract :
This paper reports the results of a November 2008 survey sent to 899 Japanese college graduates of computer science and computer engineering courses regarding their use of English in the workplace since graduating from the university. The results, based on a 17.4 % response rate, indicate that the most frequent English-language tasks for computer specialists in the professional workplace in Japan are the reading of manuals and instructions (for installation, etc.), and the writing of email, faxes, and business letters. English-language speaking and listening tasks are reported by respondents to be not as common in the workplace as English-language writing and reading tasks. Findings suggest that academic institutions training engineers in non-English-language environments should avoid an institutional bias toward English for research purposes by balancing curricula between future professional and workplace needs of the majority of graduates and the needs of faculty for trained graduate students within the academy.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; computer science education; educational courses; linguistics; natural languages; English-language tasks; computer engineering course; computer science course; computer science graduates; Computer aided instruction; Computer science; Computer science education; Design engineering; Educational institutions; Electrostatic precipitators; Employment; Natural languages; Testing; Writing; English for Specific Purposes; curriculum design; needs analysis; workplace English;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Professional Communication Conference, 2009. IPCC 2009. IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Waikiki, HI
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4357-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4358-1
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/IPCC.2009.5208704
Filename :
5208704
Link To Document :
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