Designing an ESP Course for Engineers in SAMSUNG Engineering Work Site in Timimoun

Abstract

It is not an overstatement to claim that the field of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) has made a great jump in Algeria in the last decade. Moreover, designing an ESP course is one of the important steps in ESP. Entitled “Designing ESP Course for Engineers”, this work aims at designing a course targeted to engineers in SAMSUNG ENGINEERING WORK SITE in TIMIMOUN. Among the main problems encountered by both teachers and engineers is the lack of adequate and appropriate ESP courses and the lack of English language teachers in general and ESP teachers in particular. The study is based on analyzing the needs of the target group (Engineers), and the evaluation of a course. The needs analysis in this action research has been conducted using different tools. The results of the study show that almost all participants (engineers) need an ESP course, with the predominant needs which are speaking and listening first, followed by reading, writing and translation as a fifth skill. They also need vocabulary related to their specific knowledge in order to deal with their jobs. Moreover, this study suggests to take into account the learners’ needs, their level, the degree of motivation and the evaluation of the students’ performances throughout the course as well as the evaluation of the ESP course itself.