The aim of English teachers at the degree level in engineering colleges is to produce students with adequate communication skills in English so that they can become trained communicators in both written and spoken forms as well as can excel in their tertiary education and cope up with the real-world challenges. This paper is based on the findings of a survey of the teaching and learning of English by gathering information from students, English teachers, and technical & non-technical staff members of a technical university in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh. Based on the findings of the study, the paper argues for a modern educational structure for improved communication skills for engineering students and proposes switching from an intense conventional teacher-centric approach to a learner-centric proportional learning approach.

Keywords: ESP Curriculum, Communication Skills, Learner-Centric Approach, Teacher-Centric Approach, Engineering Students