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CONTEXT AND POPULATION..........................................................................................................2

DATA COLLERCTION PRODUCE.......................................................................................................3
ANALISIS.........................................................................................................................................5
NEEDS ANALYSIS STUDENTS.........................................................................................................15

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 CONTEXT AND POPULATION

Level of the students: English A1

Number of students: 26

Students males: 10

Students females: 16

Hours per week of the course: 4h

The study was done in a public university in the city of Sincelejo in Colombia, with
a population of 26 students, which belong to low socio economic status, whose
ages range from 17 to 21 years. Basic level course and is carried out once a week
for 4 continuous hours. The students have had previous knowledge about the
language they are learning. The course is applied by a foreign language teacher
(emphasis English and French) which facilitates them a theoretical and practical
knowledge for the formation of students.

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 DATA COLLERCTION PRODUCE
Questionnaire

1. ¿por qué estudias una segunda lengua?

a. por hobbies c. otra. Justifica

b. por necesidad

2. ¿cuál crees que es la estrategia más útil para aprender una segunda lengua?

a. ver películas, videos o series en el b. libros, revistas o artículos en

idioma internet en el idioma

c. escuchar música, audiolibros

d. hablar con extranjeros e. otros.

3. ¿cuál es tu mejor habilidad para aprender el idioma?

a. escritura c. lectura

b. escucha d. habla

4. ¿cuál crees que es la habilidad que menos has desarrollado hasta ahora en el
idioma?

a. escritura c. lectura

b. escucha d. habla

5. ¿cuál habilidad te gustaría desarrollar rápidamente?

a. escritura c. lectura

b. escucha d. habla

6. ¿cómo es tu clase ideal?

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a. practica

b. teórica

c. Teórico-practica

7. ¿cómo te gusta desarrollar los trabajos, en grupo o de forma individual? ¿Por

qué?

__________________________________________________________________
______________

8. ¿crees que sí tuvieras una mayor exposición del idioma (más interacción con
nativos del idioma dentro y fuera del aula) tuvieras un mejor y rápido aprendizaje?

__________________________________________________________________
______________

9. ¿cuál es tu meta con la realización de este curso?

__________________________________________________________________
______________

10. ¿qué tanto influenciaría este curso en tu vida laboral?

__________________________________________________________________
______________
 1. Why do you study a second language?

5.00%

Need

Hobbi es

Other a nswer

95.00%

ANALISIS

In the analysis of the first question: why do you study a second language, carried out by 26
students, who study level A1 for the acquisition of English as a second language, we find
that most of the students are 95% of the population do the course by necessity and while the
remaining 5% by hobbies; this shows that the majority of the population analyzed seeks only
an academic good.
 2.analysis
In the Which do you think
of second is the most
question: what do useful
you strategy formost
think is the learning a strategy
useful second language?
for learning
a second language? The best answer is to see movies, videos or series in the language
with a percentage of 55%, that is to say those students prefer to develop their listening to
improve the learning of a second language. For the population it is also important to read
books and articles, with 30% of the students 5.00% it is more useful to read books and articles to
10.00%
learn a second language. It was reflected that 10% of the students find it useful to speak
Watch movies, videos or series in the language
with native speakers to obtain another language and finally only 5% believe that it is a useful
Read books, or articles in the language
esthetic to listen to music or audio books in the language. Each strategy is of great
importance as they Talk are
with foreigners
part of the skills 55.00%
30.00%for learning a second language.
Listen to music, audiobooks
 3. Which
What is your best skillis
to your best
learn the skill toAccording
language? learn theto thelanguage?
third question we can
notice that the majority of the students developed in a 83% writing
because they perform more exercises more exercises written in the grammatical part, and
7.00%
also we can notice that speaking, reading and listening are the less developed, with a
percentage of 7%, 5% and 5.00%
5% respectively.
5.00%

Wri ting

Li steni ng

Readi ng 83.00%

Spea ki ng
4. Which do you think is the skill that you have least developed so far in the language?
10.00%

12.00%

Writing Listening

78.00%
Reading Speaking

Whit 78% of students answer, speaking is the skill that students have least developed,
making this skill a disadvantage therefore this is the skill that the students need to
practice more. However they have an advantage with writing, listening and reading,
where students have fewer problems in the learning.
5.90%
Which is the skill that you would like to develop quickly?
of the students want to learn speaking because this skill will be used in their
future working lives, and a 10% of students want to develop the listening skill.

10.00%

Wri ting

Li steni ng

Readi ng

90.00% Speaki ng
This result show us that most of the students like practical class in a 95%.
6. How is your ideal class?

5.00%

Practical

Theoretica l

Theory-pra ctice

95.00%
7. How do you like to develop activities, in a group or individual?

2.00%

In group

Indi vidual

98.00%

In this question only the 2% like to work on an individual way and the other
98% like to work in group.
8. Do you think that if you had a greater exposure of the language (more interaction with natives speakers of the language, inside and outside the classroom) you would have a better and faster learning?

Yes No

100.00%

100% of the students think that have a greater exposure of the

language (more interaction with natives speakers of the language,
inside and outside the classroom) makes that they have a better and
faster learning.
 87% of the students have like a goal to learn a second language.
9. What's your goal with the competition of the course?

10.00%

3.00%

Lea rn a s econd
l a ngua ge

Onl y a n academi c
goa l
87.00%
Be competent
10. How much do you think that this course will influence in your laboral life?

3.00% 1.00%

A lot

Regular

A few 96.00%

The 96% of the students consider that English course will influence in they working life a
lot of.
 NEEDS ANALYSIS STUDENTS

Target needs Learning needs

The students think they learn better in an audio-
83% of students show a capacity on writing, so visual medium. At the next graph show us that
writing will be the skill with emphasis. 55% of students think that watch movies, videos
or series in the language is the most useful way
3. Which is your best skill to learn the language? for learning a second language.
2. Which do you think is the most useful strategy for learning a second language?
5.00% 7.00%
5.00%
Wri ting 5.00%
10.00%
Watch movies, videos
Li steni ng or series in the
83.00% language
Readi ng 55.00%
Read books,30.00%
or
Speaki ng articles in the
language
Talk with foreigners
Listen to music,
audiobooks

The course influences a lot and a positive
way, because have a second language
open the possibilities to obtain a good job in
the future. The graph shows that most of the
students (96%) recognise that this course is
important for their future live.
10. How much do you think that this course will influence in your laboral life?
The difficulties that they encounter when
learning takes a position in the scope of
speaking. Next graph show that 78% of the
student have more problems when they need
to talk on the language that they are learning.
4. Which do you think is the skill that you have least de veloped so far in the language?

10.00% 12.00%Writing
3.00% 1.00% Listenin
A lot
g
Regular Reading

A few 78.00% Speakin

g
96.00%
 The students prefer practical activities in
6. How is your ideal class?
class like: work in group, plays on class, and
activities where their competitiveness is
5.00% reflected.

Practical 6. How is your ideal class?

Theoretica l

95.00% 5.00%
Theory-
practice Pra ctical

Theoretical
87%
95.00%
of students have a specific interest to learn a second Theory-
practice
language, because this will be important at the
moment for finishing their career.