Empowering EFL Learners through a Needs-Based Academic Writing Course Design

Autor/in	Ahmad, Zulfiqar
Titel	Empowering EFL Learners through a Needs-Based Academic Writing Course Design
Quelle	5 (2017) 9, S.59-82 (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Ahmad, Zulfiqar)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2055-0820
Schlagwörter	English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Academic Language; Writing Instruction; Needs Assessment; Diagnostic Tests; Student Motivation; Cognitive Style; Undergraduate Students; Student Attitudes; Writing (Composition); Foreign Countries; Language Proficiency; Writing Skills; Course Evaluation; Study Skills; Saudi Arabia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Academic; Language; Languages; Akademiker; Sprache; Wissenschaftssprache; Schreibunterricht; Bedarfsermittlung; Diagnostic test; Diagnostischer Test; Schulische Motivation; Cognitive styles; Kognitiver Stil; Schülerverhalten; Schreibübung; Ausland; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Writing skill; Schreibfertigkeit; Studientechnik; Saudi-Arabien
Abstract	Using needs analysis as a research methodology, this study attempted to design a 20 hour academic writing (AW) course for Level 2 Foundation Year Saudi EFL students. Needs analysis was based on a diagnostic test, structured questionnaires, and researcher's observation to obtain information on students' language and skills needs, profile, levels of motivation, and learning styles and preferences. The results showed that the students did not have the writing proficiency for producing longer compositions and, therefore, the course should focus on appropriate language systems and skills to help learners with writing paragraphs based on two rhetorical strategies: cause and effect; and exemplification. The course content provides for the appropriate language systems and skills as voiced by the students and needed for writing these two types of paragraphs. The study also points to a course evaluation strategy that can be used for validation and future use of the proposed course. (As Provided).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01