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Tailoring the curriculum to fit students’ needs: Designing and improving a language course at Dhaka University - Bangladesh

The assessment of students’ language needs is a crucial pre-requisite in EAP (English for Academic purposes) curriculum development. Effective needs analysis leads to the specification of objectives for a course at the same time considering the available resources and existing constraints. This lead...

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Main Author: Chaudhury, Tazin Aziz
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Language:English
Published: Faculty of Communication and Modern Languages, Universiti Utara Malaysia 2007
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spelling my.uum.repo.32322011-05-30T00:33:41Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/3232/ Tailoring the curriculum to fit students’ needs: Designing and improving a language course at Dhaka University - Bangladesh Chaudhury, Tazin Aziz LB2300 Higher Education PE English The assessment of students’ language needs is a crucial pre-requisite in EAP (English for Academic purposes) curriculum development. Effective needs analysis leads to the specification of objectives for a course at the same time considering the available resources and existing constraints. This leads to curriculum design and choice of methodology, which is implemented through appropriately selected teaching materials. This paper presents the findings of a research study undertaken at the Business Studies Faculty of Dhaka University. A needs analysis was conducted on ninety students of three departments of the Business Studies Faculty to assess their English language needs. A corresponding needs analysis was conducted on faculty members to find out their perceptions of their students’ English language needs. Several procedures, namely questionnaires, interviews and classroom observations, were used to gather information about the objective needs of the students and teaching staff. Analysis of the findings of this needs analysis revealed that some perceptions of the two groups converged to some extent but there was also some incongruency that needed to be addressed. The EAP course that was being used was evaluated in order to negotiate a more effective curriculum that would address the needs of all the stakeholders involved. Faculty of Communication and Modern Languages, Universiti Utara Malaysia 2007 Book Section PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://repo.uum.edu.my/3232/1/T1.pdf Chaudhury, Tazin Aziz (2007) Tailoring the curriculum to fit students’ needs: Designing and improving a language course at Dhaka University - Bangladesh. In: The Second Biennial International Conference on Teaching and Learning of English in Asia : Exploring New Frontiers (TELiA2), 14-16 June 2007, Holiday Villa Beach & Spa Resort, Langkawi. Faculty of Communication and Modern Languages, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Sintok, pp. 1-17. ISBN 978-983-42061-2-3 http://staf.uum.edu.my/tleia2/
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PE English
Chaudhury, Tazin Aziz
Tailoring the curriculum to fit students’ needs: Designing and improving a language course at Dhaka University - Bangladesh
description The assessment of students’ language needs is a crucial pre-requisite in EAP (English for Academic purposes) curriculum development. Effective needs analysis leads to the specification of objectives for a course at the same time considering the available resources and existing constraints. This leads to curriculum design and choice of methodology, which is implemented through appropriately selected teaching materials. This paper presents the findings of a research study undertaken at the Business Studies Faculty of Dhaka University. A needs analysis was conducted on ninety students of three departments of the Business Studies Faculty to assess their English language needs. A corresponding needs analysis was conducted on faculty members to find out their perceptions of their students’ English language needs. Several procedures, namely questionnaires, interviews and classroom observations, were used to gather information about the objective needs of the students and teaching staff. Analysis of the findings of this needs analysis revealed that some perceptions of the two groups converged to some extent but there was also some incongruency that needed to be addressed. The EAP course that was being used was evaluated in order to negotiate a more effective curriculum that would address the needs of all the stakeholders involved.
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title Tailoring the curriculum to fit students’ needs: Designing and improving a language course at Dhaka University - Bangladesh
title_short Tailoring the curriculum to fit students’ needs: Designing and improving a language course at Dhaka University - Bangladesh
title_full Tailoring the curriculum to fit students’ needs: Designing and improving a language course at Dhaka University - Bangladesh
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title_full_unstemmed Tailoring the curriculum to fit students’ needs: Designing and improving a language course at Dhaka University - Bangladesh
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