A good command of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) among Czech engineers seems to be of crucial importance since the engineering field has been developing rapidly and the Czech labour market is becoming increasingly international (Eurostat 2020). The authors of this article, who supervise the ESP courses offered to the students of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (FST) at the University of West Bohemia (UWB) in Pilsen (Czech Republic), attempt to meet the changing needs of the engineering field by conducting needs analyses among students, university graduates and prospective employers, and keeping their ESP courses’ syllabi up-to-date and relevant to their engineering students. This paper presents a comparative analysis of a questionnaire that was distributed in the year 2021 among UWB engineering students and graduates. Having analysed the responses that dealt with graduates’ needs and students’ expectations of using ESP in a workplace, the authors noticed several discrepancies between the answers they received from the students and those they received from the graduates. Based on the analysis, a hypothesis that current students sometimes have misconceptions about their future work life has been formulated. To confirm this hypothesis, in the next stage of the research, selected students and graduates are to be interviewed to gather additional information. The authors also wish to examine this hypothesis by having prospective engineering employers reply to the same survey questions.

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工程专业学生和毕业生的期望和需求的描述性和推论性统计分析：西波西米亚大学的案例研究

捷克工程师掌握特定用途英语 (ESP) 似乎至关重要，因为工程领域发展迅速，捷克劳动力市场日益国际化 (Eurostat 2020)。这篇文章的作者负责监督为位于比尔森（捷克共和国）的西波希米亚大学 (UWB) 机械工程学院 (FST) 学生开设的 ESP 课程，他们试图满足工程领域不断变化的需求通过对学生、大学毕业生和潜在雇主进行需求分析，并使他们的 ESP 课程大纲保持最新并与他们的工程专业学生相关。本文对 2021 年在 UWB 工程专业学生和毕业生中分发的问卷进行了比较分析。在分析了涉及毕业生需求和学生对在工作场所使用 ESP 的期望的回答后，作者注意到他们从学生那里收到的答案与从毕业生那里收到的答案之间存在一些差异。在分析的基础上，提出了一个假设，即当前的学生有时会对他们未来的工作生活产生误解。为了证实这一假设，在下一阶段的研究中，将对选定的学生和毕业生进行访谈，以收集更多信息。作者还希望通过让未来的工程雇主回答相同的调查问题来检验这一假设。作者注意到他们从学生那里收到的答案与从毕业生那里收到的答案之间存在一些差异。在分析的基础上，提出了一个假设，即当前的学生有时会对他们未来的工作生活产生误解。为了证实这一假设，在下一阶段的研究中，将对选定的学生和毕业生进行访谈，以收集更多信息。作者还希望通过让未来的工程雇主回答相同的调查问题来检验这一假设。作者注意到他们从学生那里收到的答案与从毕业生那里收到的答案之间存在一些差异。在分析的基础上，提出了一个假设，即当前的学生有时会对他们未来的工作生活产生误解。为了证实这一假设，在下一阶段的研究中，将对选定的学生和毕业生进行访谈，以收集更多信息。作者还希望通过让未来的工程雇主回答相同的调查问题来检验这一假设。选定的学生和毕业生将接受采访以收集更多信息。作者还希望通过让未来的工程雇主回答相同的调查问题来检验这一假设。选定的学生和毕业生将接受采访以收集更多信息。作者还希望通过让未来的工程雇主回答相同的调查问题来检验这一假设。