scholarly journals Turkish Academics’ Foreign Language Academic Literacy: A Needs Analysis Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 717-736
Author(s):  
Gül Durmuşoğlu Köse ◽  
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İlknur Yüksel ◽  
Yusuf Öztürk ◽  
Musa Tömen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Academic Literacy ◽  
Needs Analysis ◽  
Analysis Study

scholarly journals EXPLORING THE AUTHENTIC MATERIAL TO IMPROVE THE ACADEMIC LITERACY IN EFL CLASSROOM

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Freddy Nicholas ◽  
Tony Seimon
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Classroom Practice ◽  
Academic Literacy ◽  
Needs Analysis ◽  
Authentic Materials ◽  
Authentic Material ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Speaking Skill

AbstractProficiency in English academic speaking is considered to be important in EFL student. And the authentic material has been used to improve the students’ speaking skill. This study aimed to discuss the perception of EFL students on the importance of the academic speaking in their current study and the use of authentic materials in their classroom. The study investigates the students’ needs which are emerging in academic speaking during the classroom practice for gaining the perceptive and thoughtful understanding for the forthcoming course’s needs. The data for the current study has been collected by using the five scaled questionnaire of the needs analysis that was distributed among the fifty EFL undergraduate students and focus interview groups which involved fourty participants were also used to collect the data. Based on the findings of the study, it is suggested that the resources for authentic materials are considered needed.Key words: English as a Foreign Language (EFL), Authentic Material, Academic Speaking Skill

scholarly journals E-Learning Resources for Vascular Surgeons: A Needs Analysis Study

2012 ◽  
Vol 69 (4) ◽  
pp. 477-482 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seán J. Mâtheiken ◽  
Daniëlle Verstegen ◽  
Jonathan Beard ◽  
Cees van der Vleuten
Keyword(s):  
Needs Analysis ◽  
Learning Resources ◽  
Analysis Study ◽  
E Learning

A Needs Analysis Study on the Development of a Mobile Counselling Supervision System (MoCoSS) For Counselling Internship

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 390-397
Author(s):  
Norazani Ahmad Et.al
Keyword(s):  
Positive Attitude ◽  
Needs Analysis ◽  
Counseling Supervision ◽  
Supervision System ◽  
Client Server ◽  
Analysis Study ◽  
Basic Framework ◽  
On Line ◽  
Conventional Manner ◽  
Masters Degree

This needs analysis study focused on acquiring feedback from trainee counselors for developing the Mobile Counseling Supervision System (MoCoss).This system was developed based on the Client Server framework. Based on this framework, MoCoSS would be developed in three phases; the Client phase, the Server phase and the integration phase. The questionnaire regarding the needs analysis was administered using Google form to acquire feebdack about the need for  mobile Counseling Supervision while undergoing the counselling internship. The needs analysis study was conducted on 57 respondents who comprised the unedrgraduates and the Masters degree students who were having their counselling internship in schools and other organisations. The findings showed that 67.3 percent of the respondents agreed that  the counselling internship should be conducted on-line to support the trainees‘ counselling tasks. The majority of the respondents also showed a positive attitude towards the usage of a mobile counselling supervision system in fulfilling the tasks of counselling internship. The needs analysis provided a basic framework for the development of a mobile counselling system for supervisors and the trainee counselors to support supervision in a conventional manner as well as to reinforce the management of filing and records system continuously during the counselling internship. As such, the development of a mobile Counselling Internship Supervision system could assist the academic supervisors, the supervising counsellors and trainee counsellors in becoming more systematic while fulfilling the  maximum 5 supervisions as stated by the Malaysian Counselling Board.

scholarly journals FRAME MARKERS AND COHERENCE IN L2 ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAYS

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 46-71
Author(s):  
Višnja Pavičić Takač ◽  
Sanja Vakanjac Ivezić
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Native Speakers ◽  
Communicative Competence ◽  
Academic Literacy ◽  
Foreign Language Learners ◽  
Language Knowledge ◽  
L2 Learners ◽  
Argumentative Essays ◽  
The Relationship

Academic literacy includes the learners’ ability to use their language knowledge to form articulate texts. In communicative competence models this ability is subsumed under the notion of discourse competence which includes the concepts of cohesion and coherence. Starting from the premise that constructing a coherent text entails efficient use of metadiscourse (i.e. means of explicit text organisation) this study focuses on elements referring to discourse acts, text sequences or stages called frame markers, i.e. items providing framing information about elements of the discourse and functioning to sequence, label, predict and shift arguments, making the discourse clear to readers or listeners (Hyland 2005). It analyses patterns of L2 learners’ use of frame markers, compares them to English native speakers’, and explores the relationship between frame markers and coherence. The corpus includes 80 argumentative essays written by early undergraduate Croatian L2 learners of English at B2 level. The results indicate that foreign language learners’ argumentative essays are characterized by an overuse of a limited set of frame markers. Finally, implications are drawn for teaching and further research.

scholarly journals Informal Order, Needs Analysis, and the EAP Curriculum

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Faisal Al-Maamari
Keyword(s):  
Language Proficiency ◽  
English Language ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Academic Literacy ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
English Language Proficiency ◽  
Needs Analysis ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Qualitative Research Study ◽  
The Public

The academic curriculum is developed through a systematic process whereby content is created through the alignment of needs to stakeholder or target group. This qualitative research study features a small-scale, English for academic purpose (EAP) needs analysis (NA) of three credit-bearing EAP programs and the corresponding departmental programs conducted at a Language Center at a higher education institution in Oman. Based on interview, observational and documentary data, the analysis showed divergences in academic literacy (writing and reading) between the EAP and content programs. Principally, the findings pointed to the presence and operation of a group of informal orders and the emergence of two interrelated stories: public and real. The public story purported to blame the learner’s English language proficiency for unfavorable performance at EAP and Departmental levels, whereas the real story revealed that institutional factors were equally responsible. The paper ends by making a few conclusions about the importance of heeding informal order when carrying out needs analysis.

scholarly journals The Language of Negotiation in Management Training

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (11) ◽  
pp. 49
Author(s):  
Ingrid Neumann
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Management Training ◽  
Needs Analysis ◽  
On Line

In this paper teaching Negotiation in a foreign language is seen as teaching 'the language of Negotiation' rather than teaching Negotiation techniques. One teaching project in a Norwegian firm is described. Method and content in the course are based on research using Negotiation data and on an 'on-line' needs analysis. Two teaching units are focused on: questions and 'meta-labels'.

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