Practices of Englishfor Specific Purposes Atinstitute of Agriculture

Abstract

This research is a study of"Practices of English For Specific Purposes AtInstitute of Agriculture”.This study aimed to find out how importantthe English language forthe students of agriculture has and also try to find out itsrelevancy, advantages, and weaknesses in technical writing. It also tries to throwlight on the particular works in comparison to others for which the necessity ofEnglish always strikes. This study was carried out using both the primary andsecondary sources of data. All the data were collected through questionnaires. Forthe primary source of data the researcher selectedInstitute of Agriculture andAnimal Science Campus of Chitwan especially post graduate students. Theresearch selected the students from the first semester (who had just finished theirfirst semester exam) and from the third semester, the numbers of respondents werearound 35/35 from the each semester.From the study it has beenfound that therespondentsneed English in almost each of their works. Where the knowledge ofEnglish becomes a must for them is inteaching learning activities,communicatingwith the person of different fields, presenting/attending seminars, meetings,presenting country profiles, writing reports, proposals, seminar papers, and so on. This study mainly includes four chapters. The first chapter introduces thestudy which consists of general background, review of the related literature,objectives and significance of the study. The second chapter mainly concernswith the methodology used in the study: the source of data, samplingprocedure, tools of data collection and limitations of the study. Likewise, thethird chapter of the study comprises analysis andinterpretation of the data.The fourth chapter introduces the product of the analysis and interpretation ofthe data, i.e. findings of the study and recommendations on the basis offindings. The final section presents the references and appendices which arevery much important for the validation of the research.