English Language Target Needs Of Medical Students At Ibb University In Yemen

Driven by the understanding that learners’ needs should be considered for an effective English for Specific Purposes (ESP) course, this study aimed to investigate the English language target needs for the development of the existing ESP course at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) at...

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Main Author: Hussein Farea, Wafa Ahmed Ali
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spelling my.usm.eprints.60214 http://eprints.usm.my/60214/ English Language Target Needs Of Medical Students At Ibb University In Yemen Hussein Farea, Wafa Ahmed Ali P1-1091 Philology. Linguistics(General) Driven by the understanding that learners’ needs should be considered for an effective English for Specific Purposes (ESP) course, this study aimed to investigate the English language target needs for the development of the existing ESP course at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) at Ibb University (IU) in Yemen. The needs analysis (NA) is a vital asset in designing and developing suitable ESP curriculum to meet the academic and professional requirements of the students. The conceptual framework of the present study is based on structuration theory and constructivism theory, along with Hutchinson and Waters’ (1987) framework utilised as a tool to identify the learners’ necessities, lacks and wants. A triangulation research method was followed in the present study. Thus, two different instruments, questionnaires and semi-structured interviews were used to collect quantitative and qualitative data. A sequential explanatory mixed-methods approach was adopted for the English language target needs analysis. The maximum variation purposive sampling strategy, the most common purposive sampling strategy, is employed in the current study to select a representative sampling of the stakeholders and to give much insight into needs analysis from different perspectives. 2023-07 Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/60214/1/24%20Pages%20from%20WAFA%20AHMED%20ALI%20HUSSEIN%20FAREA.pdf Hussein Farea, Wafa Ahmed Ali (2023) English Language Target Needs Of Medical Students At Ibb University In Yemen. Masters thesis, Perpustakaan Hamzah Sendut.
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English Language Target Needs Of Medical Students At Ibb University In Yemen
description Driven by the understanding that learners’ needs should be considered for an effective English for Specific Purposes (ESP) course, this study aimed to investigate the English language target needs for the development of the existing ESP course at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) at Ibb University (IU) in Yemen. The needs analysis (NA) is a vital asset in designing and developing suitable ESP curriculum to meet the academic and professional requirements of the students. The conceptual framework of the present study is based on structuration theory and constructivism theory, along with Hutchinson and Waters’ (1987) framework utilised as a tool to identify the learners’ necessities, lacks and wants. A triangulation research method was followed in the present study. Thus, two different instruments, questionnaires and semi-structured interviews were used to collect quantitative and qualitative data. A sequential explanatory mixed-methods approach was adopted for the English language target needs analysis. The maximum variation purposive sampling strategy, the most common purposive sampling strategy, is employed in the current study to select a representative sampling of the stakeholders and to give much insight into needs analysis from different perspectives.
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title_short English Language Target Needs Of Medical Students At Ibb University In Yemen
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title_fullStr English Language Target Needs Of Medical Students At Ibb University In Yemen
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title_sort english language target needs of medical students at ibb university in yemen
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