Science and Education Publishing American Journal of Educational Research 2327-6150 3 6 2015 05 27 Teaching English Reported Speech to Engineering Students 749 752 EN Irina-Ana Drobot Technical University of Civil Engineering, Bucharest, Romania EDUCATION20153613 10.12691/education-3-6-13 2014 09 30 2014 11 26 2015 05 27 The purpose of this paper is to underscore some common difficulties that Romanian engineering students face in learning English reported speech. The paper will consider situations in which students will need both to use and to understand reported speech, and will also suggest teaching activities that can help to improve students' communications skills.