An Investigation into the Effectiveness of Workplace Courses: A Case Study of Engineers in Selected Employment Sectors

An Investigation into the Effectiveness of Workplace Courses: A Case Study of Engineers in Selected Employment Sectors

In today’s competitive world, the economy needs more people with higher level skills in the workplace. A work-environments increasingly move to knowledge-based environments, with their increasingly dynamic and changing contexts, ongoing up-skilling of employees will play an essential role. Once this gap is determined, decisions can be taken on the type of training required and the way of teaching. The purpose of this study was to explore the needs of English learning of engineers to develop an English for Specific Purposes (ESP) course in their workplaces. The participation in this study was voluntarily and sample population consisted of technical and operational, engineering sector, planning and development sector, accounting sector, financial sector, and legal affairs sector. Questionnaire, interviews and observations were the tools of gathering information in this research. Engineers expectations, managers’ demands, economy’s needs ask for more reliable methods for workplace courses to provide a better learning in workplace situation. Finally, based on the findings obtained from this study, it can be concluded that workplace courses have lots of effect on the engineers’ job and development and by passing the time they ask for more variable ESP courses relating to their job.

In today’s competitive world, the economy needs more people with higher level skills in the workplace. A work-environments increasingly move to knowledge-based environments, with their increasingly dynamic and changing contexts, ongoing up-skilling of employees will play an essential role. Once this gap is determined, decisions can be taken on the type of training required and the way of teaching. The purpose of this study was to explore the needs of English learning of engineers to develop an English for Specific Purposes (ESP) course in their workplaces. The participation in this study was voluntarily and sample population consisted of technical and operational, engineering sector, planning and development sector, accounting sector, financial sector, and legal affairs sector. Questionnaire, interviews and observations were the tools of gathering information in this research. Engineers expectations, managers’ demands, economy’s needs ask for more reliable methods for workplace courses to provide a better learning in workplace situation. Finally, based on the findings obtained from this study, it can be concluded that workplace courses have lots of effect on the engineers’ job and development and by passing the time they ask for more variable ESP courses relating to their job.