摘要：Language acquisition is believed to be most effectively facilitated if it is embedded within the learners' field of study or work. This paper describes a learner-centred activity which aims to help learners develop qualities of confidence, initiative and responsibility through interacting with practitioners at the workplace. This activity is one of the activities conducted in an English for Specific Purposes programme of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia which adopts an enculturation approach in the curriculum of the English language training programme. Data were gathered from 170 Civil Engineering undergraduates through questionnaires on their viewpoints regarding the activity and the programme as a whole. Overall findings of the study indicate positive perception of the learners towards the activity which had helped them increased their knowledge in Civil Engineering and become better learners of the English language through the interaction with practitioners in the workplace.
