چکیده:
The current study aimed at investigating the academic learning needs of Iranian undergraduate students of English Language and Literature from the perspective of 320 stakeholders including undergraduate students (n = 252), graduates (n = 51), English literature instructors (n = 7), and language instructors (n = 10). To this aim, a triangulation of the most important data collection instruments of needs analysis (i.e., questionnaires, class observations, and semistructured interviews) was adopted for data collection at eight different Iranian state universities. The results of data analysis revealed that the above-mentioned students are not adequately equipped with learning and communication strategies during their academic and pre-academic studies. The results of the current study may promise implications for the provision of some extracurricular EFL courses at the tertiary and senior high school level in order to enhance students’ sociocultural and strategic competence based on the shared decision-making process among different stakeholders in the course design community.
خلاصه ماشینی:
Keywords: English Majors, Graduates, Instructors, Learning Needs, Undergraduate Students Received: January 2014; Accepted: September 2014 Iranian Journal of Applied Language Studies,Vol 6, No 2, 2014 1.
Most importantly, to the best of the researchers’ knowledge, no study has been conducted yet to examine the academic learning needs of Iranian undergraduate students of English Language and Literature as perceived by different stakeholders in different Iranian state universities.
1. Participants Four groups of stakeholders including undergraduate students (n=252), graduates (n=51), English literature instructors (n=7), and language instructors (n=10) from eight different Iranian state universities took part in the questionnaire phase of the current study.
A Profile of the Participants of the Needs Analysis Questionnaires University Undergraduate Graduates English English Total students literature language instructors instructors Yazd 123 31 2 4 160 Shahid Beheshti 63 - 1 2 66 Isfahan 43 3 3 1 50 Tehran 21 3 1 2 27 Urmia 2 5 - 1 8 Rafsanjan - 5 - - 5 Kerman - 2 - - 2 Shiraz - 2 - - 2 Total 252 51 7 10 320 With regard to the interview phase of the study, a total number of 58 stakeholders (i.
Conclusion As mentioned earlier, this study aimed at investigating the academic learning needs of Iranian undergraduate students of English Language and Literature as perceived by different stakeholders nationwide through a triangulation of instruments namely, questionnaires, semistructured interviews as well as class observations.