The Investigation of Needs Analysis of Civil Engineering students The case of Second year BMD at Tizi-Ouzou University
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2016-06
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University Mouloud Mammeri of Tizi-Ouzou
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This study is concerned with investigating the students’ needs of English language of the
second year BMD of civil engineering at MouloudMammeri University of TiziOuzou. It aims
at identifying the learners’ needs for civil engineering as it consists in investigating
whetheror not the program fits the needs of learners of civil engineering. This study is
conducted under the theoretical framework of Hutchinson and Waters(1987) for needs
analysis. The investigation is based on the mixed methods research where open and closeended
questions are asked for both students and teachers. The main instruments that are used
for collecting data are the questionnaire for the second year BMD students of civil
engineering and an interview with their teachers of English language. In fact, the study
combines both the quantitative and the qualitative methods. It uses the statistical method to
elicit statistical data, then, adopts Qualitative Content Analysis for the interpretation and the
explanation of the results. The research demonstrates that civil engineering learners have a
lack in speaking skill for that reason they want to improve their speaking ability through
teacher help. The results reveal that the program does not fit the learners needs according to
the view of the learners; whereas, the teachers argue that the program fits the learners’
needs.
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Applied Linguistics & Social Semiotics