ERIC Number: EJ1128093
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 26
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Students' Needs Analysis in an EFL Program for University Professors
Bedoya, Paula Andrea; Valencia, Luz María; Montoya, Juan Carlos
HOW, v22 n2 p11-36 Oct 2015-Mar 2016
This study sets out to investigate professors' needs from an English as a foreign language program in a public university regarding demands, interests, and lacks based on the methodology of needs analysis. Data collected through a survey, focus groups, and individual interviews showed that professors need to meet the institutional language policy for contractual and academic reasons. Additionally, data revealed their desire to learn English to communicate in both academic and non-academic settings. Moreover, the lack of time and effective learning strategies were reported as comprising the main constraints for learning. Finally, the authors present the strengths and weaknesses of the program as well as the participants' suggestions for curriculum restructuring.
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, College Faculty, Focus Groups, Interviews, Surveys, Learning Strategies, Student Needs, Higher Education, Research Projects, Qualitative Research, Statistical Analysis, Information Technology, Language Proficiency, English Teachers, Foreign Countries
ASOCOPI, the Colombian Association of Teachers of English. Cra 27 A #53-06, oficina 405, Bogota, Colombia. +57-2115018; Fax: +57-2115018. e-mail: asocopicolombia@gmail.com; Web site: https://www.howjournalcolombia.org/index.php/how
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Colombia
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