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Intensive English Language Programme: A Needs Assessment

Abstract: Conducting needs assessment for language programmes is important to gain understanding of the needs of the learners, to document programme effectiveness in terms of the objectives and outcomes being met,to examine strengths and weaknesses and to provide empirical evidence of the merit and...

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Main Authors: Sarudin, Isarji, Siddiq, Nikhat, Mohd Noor, Zainab
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Language:English
Published: IDOSI Publication 2013
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PE English
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spelling my.iium.irep.300712013-08-03T06:58:24Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/30071/ Intensive English Language Programme: A Needs Assessment Sarudin, Isarji Siddiq, Nikhat Mohd Noor, Zainab PE English Abstract: Conducting needs assessment for language programmes is important to gain understanding of the needs of the learners, to document programme effectiveness in terms of the objectives and outcomes being met,to examine strengths and weaknesses and to provide empirical evidence of the merit and worth of the programme. The main objective of this paper is to report the findings of a study to investigate the needs of students in the Intensive English Language Programme at the International Islamic University Malaysia. The quantitative study employed survey questionnaires distributed to 30 students and 8 teachers. The findings of the study indicate thatboth students and instructors expressed that all English language sub -skills taught in the programme were either useful or more useful to students. The findings of the study, based on the Mann-Whitney U tests, also reveal that both the students and instructors shared similar views in terms of students’ English language needs in the intensive English language programme. IDOSI Publication 2013 Article REM application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/30071/1/6_IELP_isarji_161_to_167.pdf Sarudin, Isarji and Siddiq, Nikhat and Mohd Noor, Zainab (2013) Intensive English Language Programme: A Needs Assessment. World Applied Sciences Journal , 21 (2). ISSN 1818-4952 http://www.idosi.org/wasj/online.htm 10.5829/idosi.wasj.2013.21.sltl.2140
institution Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia
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Sarudin, Isarji
Siddiq, Nikhat
Mohd Noor, Zainab
Intensive English Language Programme: A Needs Assessment
description Abstract: Conducting needs assessment for language programmes is important to gain understanding of the needs of the learners, to document programme effectiveness in terms of the objectives and outcomes being met,to examine strengths and weaknesses and to provide empirical evidence of the merit and worth of the programme. The main objective of this paper is to report the findings of a study to investigate the needs of students in the Intensive English Language Programme at the International Islamic University Malaysia. The quantitative study employed survey questionnaires distributed to 30 students and 8 teachers. The findings of the study indicate thatboth students and instructors expressed that all English language sub -skills taught in the programme were either useful or more useful to students. The findings of the study, based on the Mann-Whitney U tests, also reveal that both the students and instructors shared similar views in terms of students’ English language needs in the intensive English language programme.
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author Sarudin, Isarji
Siddiq, Nikhat
Mohd Noor, Zainab
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Siddiq, Nikhat
Mohd Noor, Zainab
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title Intensive English Language Programme: A Needs Assessment
title_short Intensive English Language Programme: A Needs Assessment
title_full Intensive English Language Programme: A Needs Assessment
title_fullStr Intensive English Language Programme: A Needs Assessment
title_full_unstemmed Intensive English Language Programme: A Needs Assessment
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publisher IDOSI Publication
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