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Mid-term reports Lulu 9922605 Three studies: 1. English communicative events and skills needed at the workplace: Feedback from the industry. 2. Innovations in Composition Programs that Educate Engineers: Drivers, Opportunities, and Challenges 3. Reaching a larger audience English communicative events and skills needed at the workplace: Feedback from the industry. The constant and continuous need for the university to work towards producing graduates who meet and exceed the requirements of their chosen industry has prompted the effort to gather feedback from those industries. English communicative events and skills needed at the workplace: Feedback from the industry. The effort by researchers of an engineering-based university in the East Coast Region of Malaysia to collect information on the important communication skills and communicative events frequently faced and utilized by engineers has assisted in the design of an English communication syllabus and module for engineering students. English communicative events and skills needed at the workplace: Feedback from the industry. Self-developed questionnaires were administered to engineers of 10 multinational chemical companies all around Malaysia. The results depict that emphasis should be put on oral, rather than written, communication skills. English communicative events and skills needed at the workplace: Feedback from the industry. Moreover, findings also indicate that the communicative events considered important for engineers are: teleconferencing, networking for contacts and advice, and presenting new ideas and alternative strategies. Fluency in the English language is seen as an opportunity in the engineering field to advance towards becoming a global engineer. Three studies: 2. Innovations in Composition Programs that Educate Engineers: Drivers, Opportunities, and Challenges Year Emphasis Sample Action 1887 MIT requires one writing and three literature courses 1890 MIT reduce literature requirements and increases composit6ion 1896 MIT hires composition director, who emphasizes writing needs of engineers. 1915 MIT switches approach, moving composition for engineers to specialized courses rather than general requirements. 1919 Ohio State, Case Institute , Rensselair Institute, and purdue hire composition specialists to direct engineering communication programs. 1930 Noticing the importance of English instruction within the engineering curriculum theory 1960 Debate continues as to whether the courses should be required separately, as general education, or integrated with the engineering curriculum. 2000 Debates continues. Three studies: 3. Reaching a larger audience Reaching a larger audience Engineers could improve public understanding of their profession with sharper communications skills. But 12 years of leading a program in science and engineering news and nonfiction writing at a leading research university suggests that few engineering students participate in such courses or pursue careers involving public communication to the extent science students do. Reaching a larger audience Mostly focus on genres of communication for technical audiences: recommendation reports, proposals, design documents, memos, and oral presentations. Conclusion To sum up, engineering students usually won’t take English as an important tool. We could see they usually won’t take English courses at university if no one force them to do so. Therefore, arranging them to attend English programs is necessary. Normally, they will be asked to learn Speaking and writing. Thank you for your attention!