Language Structure Overview of Skills Needed and Difficulties Encountered General Statement

warning signs 25. Searching the internet English resources 5 4 3 2 1 26. Guessing unknown word in a text 5 4 3 2 1 27. Reading a text quickly in order to establish a general idea of the content skimming 5 4 3 2 1 28. Looking through a text quickly in order to locate specific information scanning 5 4 3 2 1 29. Understand text organization 5 4 3 2 1 30. Reading commercials and advertisements in the fields of road safety transport management 5 4 3 2 1 Communicative Events Very useful Useful Some times Rarely Not useful Multi Skills 3. Joining fields trips abroad i.e., applying passport, how to change money in money changer, do’s and don’ts in Singapore 5 4 3 2 1 4. Training abroad 5 4 3 2 1

XII. Language Structure

Please check the appropriate column Very useful Useful Some times Rarely Not useful 29. Technical terms used in scientific engineering texts 5 4 3 2 1 30. General terms used in scientific engineering texts 5 4 3 2 1 31. Technical terms in your area of specialization 5 4 3 2 1 32. Word structures i.e., compounding, affixation, nominalization, etc. 5 4 3 2 1 33. Grammatical structures frequently used in scientific discourse i.e., present participles, passive voiced, conditionals, etc. 5 4 3 2 1 34. Grammatical structures for general communication i.e., tenses, 5 4 3 2 1 modality, etc. 35. Using correct punctuation and spelling and capitalization 5 4 3 2 1 36. Vocabulary building through the study of word construction 5 4 3 2 1 37. Using appropriate vocabulary 5 4 3 2 1 38. Organizing paragraph 5 4 3 2 1 39. Paper format i.e., title indenting, double spacing, margin 5 4 3 2 1 40. Organization and content i.e., topic sentence, supporting sentence, concluding sentence 5 4 3 2 1 41. Sentence structure and clear sentence 5 4 3 2 1

XIII. Overview of Skills Needed and Difficulties Encountered

In the course of study, how often are students expected to use the following skills? Please circle. Very Often Often Some Times Rarely Never 5. Listening 5 4 3 2 1 6. Speaking 5 4 3 2 1 7. Reading 5 4 3 2 1 8. Writing 5 4 3 2 1 How do they have difficulty with each of these skills? Please circle Very Often Often Some Times Rarely Never 5. Listening 5 4 3 2 1 6. Speaking 5 4 3 2 1 7. Reading 5 4 3 2 1 8. Writing 5 4 3 2 1

XIV. General Statement

Please circle the appropriate response. How often to success in the students’ course of study are the following abilities? Very High High Moderate Low Very Low 5. Listening to English 5 4 3 2 1 6. Speaking to English 5 4 3 2 1 7. Reading English 5 4 3 2 1 8. Writing English 5 4 3 2 1 How important to success in their field after graduation are the following abilities? Very High High Moderate Low Very Low 5. Listening to English 5 4 3 2 1 6. Speaking to English 5 4 3 2 1 7. Reading English 5 4 3 2 1 8. Writing English 5 4 3 2 1

XV. Student’s Obstacles