A Needs Analysis of English for Meeting Lessons for Thai Undergraduate Engineering Students

Autor/inn/en	Changpueng, Piyatida; Pattanapichet, Fasawang
Titel	A Needs Analysis of English for Meeting Lessons for Thai Undergraduate Engineering Students
Quelle	In: LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 16 (2023) 2, S.603-623 (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2630-0672
Schlagwörter	Needs Assessment; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; English for Special Purposes; Engineering Education; Language Teachers; College Faculty; Teacher Attitudes; Meetings; Problem Solving; Language Role; Foreign Countries; Work Environment; Education Work Relationship; Undergraduate Students; Language Proficiency; Difficulty Level; Language Usage; Professional Personnel; Thailand + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bedarfsermittlung; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Ingenieurausbildung; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Fakultät; Lehrerverhalten; Meeting; Tagung; Problemlösen; Ausland; Arbeitsmilieu; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Schwierigkeitsgrad; Sprachgebrauch; Personalbestand
Abstract	The present study explores the needs for English meeting lessons for Thai undergraduate engineering students. The participants consisted of 5 groups: 443 engineering students, 150 novice engineers, 224 experienced engineers, 4 ESP teachers, and 5 engineering teachers. Data were collected using 3 sets of questionnaires and semi-interview. Data analysis was conducted using percentage, means, standard deviation, and thematic analysis. The findings revealed that both novice engineers and engineering students have a high degree of difficulty when conducting meetings in English. In addition, it was found that there are three stages of the meeting process: preparation, participation, and post-meeting. Regarding types of meetings, the most common regular type of meeting was the problem-solving meeting. Furthermore, the results imparted the language details for the meeting participation stage that were identified based on each language function. The study discusses the main issues concerning the difficulties that Thai engineering students encounter, how the target language is used, as well as practical implications for solving issues, and proposes suggestions for developing English for meeting lessons and teaching materials. Finally, analyzing meeting discourse is recommended for further research. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Language Institute of Thammasat University. The Prachan Campus, 2 Prachan Road, Bangkok 10200 Thailand. e-mail: learnjournal@gmail.com; Web site: https://www.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/learn
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01