Week 4: N.A. Ms. Kang (Excellent)

Kang, Mooncheong, Needs analysis, TSL 509, September 12^th

 

Survey

 This survey is for finding out what your English goals are and what types of English activities you like or would like to study etc. And I’ll refer to my English class with your help and develop it. I would be very grateful if you could take a little time to complete this questionnaire.

 

Age :

Gender : boy,  girl

How long have you studied English? Please circle that.

 (under 1 year,    1~2 years,   more than 3 years)

 

Please put a V for each under the column “Very Useful,” “Useful,” or “Not Useful.”

                                    Very useful     Useful      Not useful

Do you want to improve your English so                                                       

that you can

1.      Communicate with foreigners

2.      Travel abroad

3.      Watch English movie or drama etc

without any subtitles

4.      Go to better school

5.      Know English better

How do you like learning? Circle your answer.

1. In class what types of learning –organization do you like the most?

a. Individually   b. In pairs    c. In small groups    d. In one large group

2. Which materials do you like the most in learning?

a. Television, video, films   b. tapes, CDs    c. written material    d. pictures

3. Do you find these activities useful?

a. Role play                                  Yes/No

b. Language games                            Yes/No

c. Songs                                      Yes/No

d. Talking with and listening to other students     Yes/No

e. Memorizing conversation and dialogues         Yes/No

4. Do you like English education of Korea?   Yes/No

 4_1. If you answer “yes’, why?

    If you answer “no”, why?

                                    Thanks for your time.

Age (#)	11(5)	12(4)		13(1)
Gender (#)	Boy (3)			Girl (7)
Length of studying English (#)	Under 1year(0)		1~2years(2)	Over 3years (8)

 

Do you want to improve your English so that you can	Very useful	Useful	Not useful
1. Communicate with foreigners	7	3
2. Travel abroad	7	3
3. Watch English movie or drama etc without any subtitles	3	6	1
4. Go to better school	6	3	1
5.Know English better	5	5

 

Types of learning-organization	a(1)  b(1)  c(5)  d(3)
Materials	Television,video,films(8) b(0) c(2) pictures(0)
Role play	Yes(10)   No(0)
Language games	Yes(9)   No(1)
Songs	Yes(8)   No(2)
Talking with and listening to other students	Yes(9)   No(1)
Memorizing conversation and dialogues	Yes(7)   No(3)

 

4. Do you like English education of Korea?	Yes	No
	8	2
4_1. Why “yes”?	It has so many kinds of things to learn English. Compared to other subjects, English class has a lot of activities: games, songs, etc. English is fun. Teachers are energetic. Here in Korea, we can learn English. If I know how to study it, I could control myself in studying. This is just for me.
4_1. Why “No”?	Teachers’ pronunciations are not good. Teachers just push us to memorize words.

 

 

 My school has had a special project since 2008. Even though this school is the oldest one in my district, the number of the students was decreasing one time. That’s why my school has special classes like English conversation, Chinese, music immersion class. My students have more chances to learn English. Especially during the English conversation class, one class divides into 2 groups: Pink; high levels and Blue: lower levels. Those who I interviewed with and had meeting are the member of Pink.

 My target groups are elementary school students. They have learned it 5 times a week at least for 2 or 3 years. In Korea, English has been so important, esp. since 1997. Plus, here in Jeju, main industry is the tourism, therefore to learn the second language is stressed more than other places. Accordingly, students think English is another talent to compete somebody. However, to teach them, I should diagnose them like their English proficiency and prepare for my curriculum through analysis. So as to do that, I interviewed with each one, gave questionnaires to them, and had a meeting in gathering information. As I mentioned above, they are high levels, they could tell about themselves in English and ask with simple questions and answer them. But to speak frankly, they have different gaps like ability in English, for half of them go to private language class after school. The reasons of studying English: listed above seem mainly positive or practical; to go to better school. I think that comparing to the English class in junior or high school, the way they learn English is usually active and fun. That’s why they like small group or one large group in organization and role-play, games, songs, and so on. After the survey, I asked about how much they like our school program. They said they needed more challenging contents. During the class, what they’ve learned was repetitive they from time to time felt bored. Also they need various classes; high, intermediate, and lower such as Math at my school. In this part, my principle and other teachers should have diagnosed them more in detail. But what they like is that they have more chances to communicate with foreigners and teachers who speak English fluently. Anyway, next time I’ll make the goals and objectives based on learners’ need analysis.