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APPENDIX 1

QUESTIONNAIRE
This survey questionnaire aims at investigating students needs in ESP course at Business
Management Department of Vietnam Forestry University. The researcher highly appreciates your
support by completing this questionnaire. Your answer is of great value to the research. The data
collected is confidential and is used in the research paper only. Please fill it out and give it back to
the researcher.
Thank you for your co-operation.

I PREVIOUS LEARNING EXPERIENCE

1.
2.
3.

How long have you been studied English?

A. 1-2 years
B. 2-5 years

C. 5-9 years

D over 9 years

Where did you learn English?

A. at school
B at language center C. by yourself

D. with tutor

Why have you learned English?

A. it is compulsory B. you like English

D. for fun

What level of English are you at?

A. Elementary
B. Pre-inter
Listening
Speaking
Reading
Writing
Grammar

C. you need it

4.

5.
6.

C. Intermediate

D. upper-inter

What subject knowledge do you know?

A. nothing
B. a little
C. enough

D. a lot

What teaching style are you used to?

A. Individual
B. Pair work C. small group

D. Whole class

II. TARGET NEEDS

1.

What do you learn English for?

A. for study
B. for work

2.
How will the English be used?
Medium
A. speaking B reading
Channel

C. For study

D. for hobby

C. writing

D. Listening

A. Telephone B. face to face C. internet

D. mail

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Types of texts A. academic B. lecture
3.
4.
5.
6.

Who will you use English with?

A. college
B. teacher

C. technical manuals D. reports

C. friends

Where will the language be used?

A. lecture theatre
B. at work

D. customer

C. workshop D. library

How often will the language be used?

A. seldom
B. sometimes C. often
D. frequently
What is your motivation in using English?
A. I like it
B. promotion prospects
C. respect my teacher D. want to improve English

III LEARNING NEEDS

1.

What is your attitude to English or to the cultures of the English-speaking world?

A. it is boring
B. it is difficult
C. it is interesting
D. it is funny

2.

Why are you taking the course?

A. compulsory
B. for job

C. enjoyable D. for study

3.

What are your strengths and weaknesses in a foreign language?

Poor
fair
good
advanced
Listening
Speaking
Reading
Writing
Grammar
4.

What English skill do you need to improve to meet your professional goals?
Not at all
little
some
very much
Listening
Speaking
Reading
Writing
Grammar
Pronunciation
Vocabulary
5.
6.

What methodology will appeal to you?

A. teacher-centered
B. student-centered
How do you like learning?
A. individually
B. in pairs

C. in small groups

D. in one large group

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7.

You like learning ( more than one answer is possible)

A. by memory?
B. by problem solving?
C. by getting information yourself?
D. by listening to tapes / cassettes and taking notes?
E. by reading and taking notes?
F. by copying from the chalkboard or overhead projector?
G. by repeating what you hear?

7.

What resources are available?

A. teachers B. books

C. internet

D. mass media

9.

What are your opportunities for out-of-class activities?

A. None
B Few
C. Enough
D. a lot

10.

How many hours a week do you want to study English?

A. 1-3 hours B. 3-5 hours C. 5-7 hours D. more than 7 hours

11.

Do you want to do homework?

A. yes
B. no

If 'Yes', how much time a week do you spend on doing homework?

A. 1-3 hours B. 3-5 hours C. 5-7 hours D. more than 7 hours
12.
A.

What do you think you will achieve?

Improving your vocabulary and being able to use words appropriately in different contexts.

B.

Familiarizing l with different rhetorical functions of Scientific English.

C.

Developing key techniques that could be adopted while reading texts.

D.

Developing listening skills for academic and professional purposes.

E.

Acquiring the ability to speak effectively in English in real life situations.

F.

Realizing the meaning potential of a text and becoming familiar with different reading
strategies.

G.

Acquiring interpretative and study skills, including library and Internet reference skills.

H.

Getting trained in organized academic and professional writing.

I.

Developing aural competence and oral fluency of learners.

J.

Achieving proficiency in the effective use of language in various authentic career-related

situations.

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APPENDIX 2
QUESTIONAIRE FOR TEACHERS
This survey questionnaire aims at investigating instructors performance in ESP course at
Business Management Department of Vietnam Forestry University.

The researcher highly

appreciates your support by completing this questionnaire. Your answer is of great value to the
research. The data collected is confidential and is used in the research paper only. Please fill it out
and give it back to the researcher.
Thank you for your co-operation.
Name:
Course:
INSTRUCTIONS:
a. You may choose more than one answer:
b. After each section , there will be space for you to include any additional comments
c. The scale used to determine the frequency of use is as follows
How often?

Always

Sometimes

Rarely

I. UNIT ORGANIZATION:
1. What criteria do you take into account to organize your teaching units?
a. Around a theme
b. According to language functions

c. In relation to the vocabulary of the text

d. Degree of difficulty of the discourse
e. Other
II. ACTIVITIES:
2. How often do you organize the activities of the teaching units?
a. Pre-reading activities
b. Reading activities
c. Post-reading activities
d. Other:

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III.LESSON PLAN:
3. For your everyday lesson how do you
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a. Use a detailed lesson plan?

b. Use a general lesson plan?

c. Just follow the content of the text?
d. Other.
IV. PRE-READING ACTIVITIES:
4. For what purpose do you use the pre-reading activities?
a. To motive the students at the beginning of the unit.

b. To introduce the general theme of the reading

c. To deal with the difficult vocabulary present in the reading
d. To deal with difficult grammatical structures
e. To familiarize students with the concepts and ideas
that will appear in the reading.
f. To teach any of the objectives of the text
5. What kind of activities do you have in this pre-reading stage?
a. You ask students to scan for specific information
b. You ask them to skim for the general idea
c. You ask them to read the text in order to discuss the content through general discussion or
open-ended questions.
d. You deal with vocabulary:
1) You give students a list of the difficult words and ask them to look up in a dictionary
2) You provide them with excerpts of the reading with the difficult words underlined and
ask them to guess the meaning from context.
3) You ask them to provide synonyms or antonyms of these words.
4) You give students the difficult words and provide the same words in a different context
(from the original text) which will clarify their meaning.
1
a
b
c
d1
d2
d3

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d4
6. In relation to the pre- reading activities, what proportion of the time do you assign to the prereading activities?
a. 25%

b. 50%

c.75%

d. Other:

V. READING ACTIVITIES
7. What kind of activities do you have in the reading stage? How often?
(Explain how you go about it in the spaces provided. Please be brief)
a. Skimming
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b. Scanning

c. Content comprehension
d. Discourse comprehension
e. Information transfer
f. Summary
g. Synthesis
h. Expansion
i. Other
8. Do you carry out the following activities?
a. Group work

b. Individually
c. Other
9. How do you sequence the activities mentioned before? (Use the same letters)

VI. POST-READING ACTIVITIES:

10. For what purpose do you use post-reading activities? How often?
a. To reinforce:
a.1. Vocabulary
a.2. Reading skills dealt with previously
a.3. Grammatical aspects
a.4. Concepts related to the content
a.5. Other:
b. To expand any of the concepts dealt with in the reading
c. To summarize the contents of the unit

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d. Other

APPENDIX 3
DATA COLLECTED FROM STUDENTS (158 STUDENTS)
This table provides the data collected from questionnaire to students in an effort to find out
students needs in ESP course at Business Management Department of Vietnam Forestry
University.
Question

14
158
158
158 (L&S)

32
39
126
67 (R)

0
16
20

39

112
76
20
158 (W&G)
97 (R)
23
76

117
76

18
158

158

67

67

20

39
10
39
158
56
20

158
76
158
158
92
158

158
158
158
158
10
96

39
158
76
158

158 ( L&S)
120 (W&G)

158 (R)
38 (W&G)

15
21
22
158

113

Previous learning experience

1
2
3
4
5
6
Target needs

1
2
Medium
Channel
3
4
5
6
Learning needs
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
A
B
C
D

158
47 (1-3 hours)
158
158
79
79

130
158
158
111

158
30
137
130
49

96

36
49

130

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E

79

F
G
H
I
J

45
45
36
36
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