Stakeholders’ Perceptions of an English for Occupational Purposes Course

As the business world is becoming increasingly global and competitive, most business organizations require employees to have good employability skills. In order to ensure employees are equipped with relevant employability skills, the industry turns to higher education for assistance. One initiativ...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Sarudin, Isarji, Zainab Mohd Noor,, Zainab, Amal Mechraoui,, Amal, Engku Ibrahim, Engku Haliza, Muhamad, Ainon Jariah, Abdul Malik, Faridah
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	© IDOSI Publications, 2013 2013
Subjects:	L Education (General) PE English
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/30065/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/30065/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/30065/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/30065/1/4_Isarji_EOP_73_to_87.pdf

id	iium-30065
recordtype	eprints
spelling	iium-300652014-05-25T03:11:23Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/30065/ Stakeholders’ Perceptions of an English for Occupational Purposes Course Sarudin, Isarji Zainab Mohd Noor,, Zainab Amal Mechraoui,, Amal Engku Ibrahim, Engku Haliza Muhamad, Ainon Jariah Abdul Malik, Faridah L Education (General) PE English As the business world is becoming increasingly global and competitive, most business organizations require employees to have good employability skills. In order to ensure employees are equipped with relevant employability skills, the industry turns to higher education for assistance. One initiative of higher education institutions is to offer English for Occupational Purposes (EOP) courses. This study was undertaken to investigate the strengths and weaknesses of English for Occupational Purposes course for students of Economics and Management Science based on internal stakeholders’ perceptions. A multi-method approach was adopted and triangulation of methods comprising survey questionnaires and semi-structured interviews were employed. A total of 177 respondents consisted of undergraduate students, instructors and academic administrators of the EOP course participated in the study. The findings of this study revealed that the students, instructors and academic administrators, in general were satisfied with the EOP course. However, there were shortcomings that need to be addressed, particularly related to methods of teaching and oral and written communication skills related to job application. Key words: English language proficiency Employability English for Occupational Purposes Higher education institutions © IDOSI Publications, 2013 2013 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by_nd http://irep.iium.edu.my/30065/1/4_Isarji_EOP_73_to_87.pdf Sarudin, Isarji and Zainab Mohd Noor,, Zainab and Amal Mechraoui,, Amal and Engku Ibrahim, Engku Haliza and Muhamad, Ainon Jariah and Abdul Malik, Faridah (2013) Stakeholders’ Perceptions of an English for Occupational Purposes Course. World Applied Sciences Journal, 21 (Sp iss). pp. 73-87. ISSN ISSN 1818-4952 http://www.idosi.org/wasj/online.htm 10.5829/idosi.wasj.2013.21.sltl.2140
repository_type	Digital Repository
institution_category	Local University
institution	International Islamic University Malaysia
building	IIUM Repository
collection	Online Access
language	English
topic	L Education (General) PE English
spellingShingle	L Education (General) PE English Sarudin, Isarji Zainab Mohd Noor,, Zainab Amal Mechraoui,, Amal Engku Ibrahim, Engku Haliza Muhamad, Ainon Jariah Abdul Malik, Faridah Stakeholders’ Perceptions of an English for Occupational Purposes Course
description	As the business world is becoming increasingly global and competitive, most business organizations require employees to have good employability skills. In order to ensure employees are equipped with relevant employability skills, the industry turns to higher education for assistance. One initiative of higher education institutions is to offer English for Occupational Purposes (EOP) courses. This study was undertaken to investigate the strengths and weaknesses of English for Occupational Purposes course for students of Economics and Management Science based on internal stakeholders’ perceptions. A multi-method approach was adopted and triangulation of methods comprising survey questionnaires and semi-structured interviews were employed. A total of 177 respondents consisted of undergraduate students, instructors and academic administrators of the EOP course participated in the study. The findings of this study revealed that the students, instructors and academic administrators, in general were satisfied with the EOP course. However, there were shortcomings that need to be addressed, particularly related to methods of teaching and oral and written communication skills related to job application. Key words: English language proficiency Employability English for Occupational Purposes Higher education institutions
format	Article
author	Sarudin, Isarji Zainab Mohd Noor,, Zainab Amal Mechraoui,, Amal Engku Ibrahim, Engku Haliza Muhamad, Ainon Jariah Abdul Malik, Faridah
author_facet	Sarudin, Isarji Zainab Mohd Noor,, Zainab Amal Mechraoui,, Amal Engku Ibrahim, Engku Haliza Muhamad, Ainon Jariah Abdul Malik, Faridah
author_sort	Sarudin, Isarji
title	Stakeholders’ Perceptions of an English for Occupational Purposes Course
title_short	Stakeholders’ Perceptions of an English for Occupational Purposes Course
title_full	Stakeholders’ Perceptions of an English for Occupational Purposes Course
title_fullStr	Stakeholders’ Perceptions of an English for Occupational Purposes Course
title_full_unstemmed	Stakeholders’ Perceptions of an English for Occupational Purposes Course
title_sort	stakeholders’ perceptions of an english for occupational purposes course
publisher	© IDOSI Publications, 2013
publishDate	2013
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/30065/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/30065/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/30065/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/30065/1/4_Isarji_EOP_73_to_87.pdf
first_indexed	2023-09-18T20:44:08Z
last_indexed	2023-09-18T20:44:08Z
_version_	1777409561576079360

Stakeholders’ Perceptions of an English for Occupational Purposes Course

Similar Items