A Subjective Needs Assessment of EGP Students at Islamic Azad University of Hamedan

The present article reflects the results of a needs analysis survey carried out on a group of 52 students in a general English course at Islamic Azad University of Hamedan, Iran, in which a 32-item questionnaire adapted from Kavaliauskiene and Užpaliene (2003), Iwai et. al (1999) and Seedhouse (1994...

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Main Author: Ali Gholami Mehrdad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Islamic Azad University, Tabriz Branch 2010-05-01
Series:Journal of Applied Linguistics
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Online Access:http://jal.iaut.ac.ir/article_523289_7d2a76147c548ec1475118a64dec66d0.pdf
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Summary:The present article reflects the results of a needs analysis survey carried out on a group of 52 students in a general English course at Islamic Azad University of Hamedan, Iran, in which a 32-item questionnaire adapted from Kavaliauskiene and Užpaliene (2003), Iwai et. al (1999) and Seedhouse (1994) is used to investigate the students' conceptions of good learning of English expressed in terms of their own wants and lacks. The results of the data analysis point to a need to improve the course syllabus in different ways.
ISSN:2008-8434
2538-1695