• G. Saqib Buriro

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• Abdul Fattah Soomro

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• Tariq Umrani

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This study evaluated the current Writing and Communication Skills Course provided to assist students enrolled on the undergraduate engineering programme at Quaid-E-Awam University of Engineering Science, and Technology (QUEST), Sindh Pakistan .The questionnaire was used as a main tool of data collection to seek the perspectives of the currently enrolled final year students from Civil Engineering Department, and English teachers of English Language Centre (ELC). The present study explored the extent to which the Writing and Communication skills (WCS) course taught by ELC teachers met the academic literacy and learning needs of undergraduate students of QUEST. The course was evaluated from its two aspects: contents (themes and topic) and methodology (instructional approach, resources/materials, and assessment criteria). Findings based on the students’ scaled responses and open-ended responses and teachers open-ended responses by and large showed an agreement that the WCS course was falling short in meeting the needs of undergraduate students of QUEST both in terms of its contents and methodology.

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