In my current job, I am helping our program design an academic bridge program for conditionally admitted undergraduates students to the university's mechanical and civil engineering programs. I am just in the early stages of designing, conducting a needs analysis with the department heads and reviewing literature on engineering English, which is a branch of English for Specific Purposes. After conducting a brief literature review on articles published since 2012 on English language programs for engineers, a few major patterns arose. Image from http://deceptivelyeducational.blogspot.com/2012/05/engineering-bridge.html Needs Analysis Some papers (Kim, 2013; Mohamed, et al. 2014; Paci, 2013; Porcaro, 2013) recommended conducting a needs analysis before designing the curriculum. This is common sense for those like me coming from a background in instructional design. Porcaro (2013) provided the most details regarding how to proceed with a needs analysis for this purpose,...
Attempting to bridge the research-practice gap in English language teaching with a focus on curriculum, instructional technology, and intercultural communication.