8/13/2019 Needs Analysis Summary
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2.2: Summary of the results:
The spoken interviews complemented the questionnaires
effectively. These took place in
class after the electronic needs analysis forms had been
completed and allowed me to further
refine the findings. This allowed me to confirm many of my
suspicions about the group, i.e.
that they are strongly extrinsically motivated. Moreover, I was
able to narrow down many of
the needs and wants to focus on when designing the course.
Needs analysis Findings 1-12 (NA: 1-12):
1. 10 of the learners want to get a band 6, 3 of them a 6.5,
another a 7 and theremaining student doesnt care.
2. Learners suggest that they require the most help in the
productive skills,especially speaking. In fact, 41% of them say
that speaking is their
weakest skill.
3. 18% of them identified writing as their weakest skill.4. Most
learners have already used the Cambridge past papers books- so,
these cannot be used for the DT.
5. 71% of the learners feel that they are lacking in the
application of theirgrammar and lexis in writing.
6. The majority of the learners are quite familiar with the
format of the exam.However, they say they are lacking in confidence
in certain parts of the
exam e.g. the matching headings to paragraphs exercise in the
reading test
and the note completion exercise in the listening test.
7. The learners dont appear to be familiar with the marking
criteria for boththe speaking and writing papers.
8. While a majority of the students feel that they have a
sufficient grasp ofsystems knowledge to be able to do the exam,
some do not feel so
comfortable with pronunciation e.g. not being able to use
chunking and
natural intonation.
9. They are least confident when speaking and writing about more
academictopics such as consumerism and advertising.
10.All of the students, save one, have access to the internet in
their place ofresidence.
11.The learners appear to be intrapersonal and verbal-linguistic
(Puchta
