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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 c. escuchar música, audiolibros

idioma

b. libros, revistas o artículos en

internet en el idioma
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?

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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?

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

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

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 ANALISIS

1. Why do you study a second language?

0%

5%
Need

Hobbies

95% Other answer

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.

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 2. Which do you think is the most useful strategy
for learning a second language?

Watch movies, videos or series in the language 5%

10%
Read books, or articles in the language

Talk with foreigners 55%

30%
Listen to music, audiobooks

In the analysis of second question: what do you think is the most useful strategy 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 it is more useful to read
books and articles to learn a second language. It was reflected that 10% of the students
find it useful to speak with native speakers to obtain another language and finally only 5%
believe that it is a useful esthetic to listen to music or audio books in the language. Each
strategy is of great importance as they are part of the skills for learning a second
language.

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 3. Which is your best skill to learn the
language?
7%

5%
5%

Writing

Listening
83%
Reading

Speaking

What is your best skill to learn the language? According to the 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 also we can notice that speaking, reading and listening are the less developed,
with a percentage of 7%, 5% and 5% respectively.

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 4. Which do you think is the skill that you have
least developed so far in the language?
10%

12%

0% Writing Listening

78%

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.

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 5. Which is the skill that you would like to
develop quickly?

0%
0%
10% Writing

Listening

Reading

90% Speaking

90% 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.

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 6. How is your ideal class?

0%

Practical 5%

Theoretical

Theory-practice
95%

This result show us that most of the students like practical class in a 95%.

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

2%

In group

Individual
98%

In this question only the 2% like to work on an individual way and the other
98% like to work in group.

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 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?
0%

Yes No

100%

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.

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 9. What's your goal with the competition of the
course?

10%
3%

Learn a second
language

Only an academic
goal
87%
Be competent

87% of the students have like a goal to learn a second language.

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 10. How much do you think that this course will
influence in your laboral life?

1%

3%
A lot

Regular

A few
96%

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

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 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
for learning a second language.
3. Which is your best skill to learn the
language? 2. Which do you think is the most
7% useful strategy for learning a second
5% 5% language?

10%5%
Writing Watch movies, videos or
83% series in the language 55%
30%
Listening
Read books, or articles
in the language
Reading
Talk with foreigners
Speaking
Listen to music,
audiobooks

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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.
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. How much do you think that this course 10%

will influence in your laboral life? 12% Writing
0%
1% Listening
A lot
78% Reading
Regular 3%
Speaking
A few

96%

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87% of students have a specific interest to learn a The students prefer practical activities in
second language, because this will be important at the class like: work in group, plays on class, and
moment for finishing their career. activities where their competitiveness is
reflected.

9. What's your goal with the competition of 6. How is your ideal class?
0%
the course?
5%

10% Practical
3% Learn a second
language
Only an Theoretical 95%
academic goal
87% Be competent Theory-
practice

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