Oral communication skills of engineering students of Pakistan in perspective of industrial internships

• Main Authors: Kakepoto, Inayatullah, Habil, Hadina, Mohd. Omar, Noor Abidah, Boon, Yusuf, Hamdani, Majid
• Format: Article
• Published: International Journal of Applied Linguistics and English Literature 2012
• Subjects: P Language and Literature
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/31080/; http://dx.doi.org/10.7575/ijalel.v.1n.2p.170
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

The purpose of this study was to determine impact of industrial internship training on oral communication skills of engineering students during this program. Fifty engineers from two engineering organizations participated in this study. Participants of this study had industrial internship training from different organizations. Purposive sampling method was used for data collection purpose. The results of the study revealed that industrial internship trainings contribute to develop oral communication skills of engineering students such as oral presentation skill, meeting skill, discussion skill, conversation skill, and project participation skill during this internship program. However, the results of this study are consistent with other literature review findings on industrial internship trainings for engineering students.