Determining the Academic English Language Needs of
| dc.contributor.author | Abraha, Alem | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-06-25T11:21:51Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-12-05T13:49:19Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-06-25T11:21:51Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-12-05T13:49:19Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2007-07 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this study was to investigate the academic English language needs of computer science students at HiLCoE College. The target needs were specified in terms of the four macro skills and the most common language activities under each macro skill. Questionnaires were designed and distributed to two different groupsinstructors of computer science courses and students of computer science at the college. Interviews were conducted with the instructors and students to cross check the responses obtained through the questionnaires. With these instruments, the subjects of the study were asked to indicate the degree of importance of the macro skills and language activities to students of computer science in the college. The findings revealed that the receptive skills - listening and reading are the most important skills followed by writing and speaking respectively. The findings have also shown that the main language activities under each macro skills are: a, Listening -listening to lecture, listening to teachers’ explanation and listening to class discussion, b. Speaking- asking questions, answering questions and Participating in group discussion, c. Writing- making lecture notes, writing other assignments and writing test answers d. Reading – reading lecture notes, reading text books and reading hand outs. An analysis of the course book in use was also carried out to see whether it was relevant to the needs of the learners. It was found out that it largely fails to meet the needs of the learners in that the findings of the analysis did not correspond to the identified needs of the learners. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/3196 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Academic English Language Needs of | en_US |
| dc.title | Determining the Academic English Language Needs of | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |