Enhancing employability design of a needs based syllabus for third year engineering students in affiliated colleges of anna university

Abstract

The objective of the present study is to conduct job specific needs analysis of engineering students seeking placements in on campus and off campus recruitments The engineering students need to face placement tests in campus interviews in the third and final year of their study The present Communication Skills Laboratory course for the fifth and sixth semester engineering students is lacking in the sense that it has not helped all students to attend campus interviews and get recruitment in companies of their choice Most of the students are found to be skills deficient when entering into the job market To meet the requirements of employment in campus recruitments this study attempts to understand the expectations of the engineering students and the HR newline newline personnel for the development of a new course By analyzing the present and target situation needs the rationale of the research is to develop a new ESP syllabus and construct a framework for the design and trial of the syllabus to help the engineering students be successful when seeking placements The hypothesis of the study is newlineA needs based ESP syllabus can be developed to promote potential competence of the third year engineering students to transfer the acquired requisite skills to the workplace if the learners learning needs and the industry s demands are incorporated in the language course meant to ensure success in placement interviews and in the work place context newline