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Needs analysis, which is described as a way of ascertaining the needs of learners, is used as the basis for EAP/ESP. The
rationale for needs analysis comes from the fact that once the teachers know about the target English situations of the
students, they will use them instruction, which enhances students’ likelihood of achieving success in their courses and future
careers (Benesch, 1996).The present study looks at the needs of undergraduate students at QUEST from the perspective of a
target needs model prescribed by Hutchinson and Waters (1987) vis-à-vis the importance of language skills and purposes for
learning English. In this study, questionnaire was used to seek the perspectives of the currently enrolled final year students
from Civil Engineering Department, and English teachers of English Language Centre. The main findings of the study were
that students’ specific needs were not being met. The students considered that productive skills (writing and speaking) were
more important than receptive skills (reading and listening) for their academic and professional success. In addition, students
were keener to learn technical vocabulary than general vocabulary, and were relatively uninterested in learning grammar
through traditional methods. However, their teachers from the ELC believed that both receptive and productive skills were
equally important for the QUEST undergraduate students. They considered academic literacy skills as most important for the
students in their initial years of study, and both academic literacy and professional skills including written and oral
communication skills as very important for the students in their final years of study and beyond. In contrast to the students,
they considered reading to be the most important skill, followed by writing. Like the students, they rated English language
skills as very important for students’ success in their academic and professional endeavours.
G. Saqib Buriro, Abdul Fattah Soomro. (2013) Assessing the Academic Literacy and Learning Needs of Undergraduate Engineering Students at Quaid-e-Awam University of Engineering, Science and Technology (QUEST) Pakistan, Journal of Research and Reflections in Education, Volume 7, Issue 2.
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