On-Line Resources
Council of Europe, 1996, Modern Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment. A Common European Framework of Reference.Strasbourg. The entire work is interesting because it is an on-going attempt to define just what language social and cultural abilities adults will need to function in a new country, culture and language. Chapters 4, 5 and 6 may be the most relevant to the current topic of needs analysis.
E.F.L. for Engineering without Fear (especially parts II and III).
Huhta, Marjatta, 1999, Language/Communication Skills in Industry and Business- Report for PROLANG Finland. National Board of Education (Finland). Note: You will need an Adobe Acrobat Reader. Most of this page is in Finnish, but the title of this work is at the end of the first section and is listed in English. When you click on the title, Acrobat Reader will open with the document. (This is a very long [183 page] document and only some sections are relevant.)
Viel, Jean-Claude, 2000, ENSEIGNER L'ANGLAIS POUR LA TECHNOLOGIE.
Walraff, Barbara, 2000, What Global Language? The Atlantic Monthly 286. 5: 52-66. Also published are e-mail reactions to this article.
Wood, Alistair, International scientific English: Some thoughts on science, language and ownership.