Teaching English to Engineering Students in the Contemporary World: A Case Study on a Ukrainian and Turkish Universities

Abstract

This article discusses language instructors' perceptions of teaching English to engineering students in Turkey and Ukraine. The case study was conducted at two public Universities with the purposive sample comprised of 14 English instructors. Semi-structured interviews allowed for getting the insights of the practitioners to objectives, structure, and challenges of English programs for engineering students. The findings revealed critical issues in ELT as viewed by the English teachers as well as challenges the educators face in the classrooms. The application of the study for policy makers and academic community is that practitioners should be more involved in the discourse and have more voice in decision making about the issues in English teaching at the University level.

Keywords: engineering education, English teaching, lingua franca, ESP, needs analysis.