An initial evaluation of the listening materials for first-Year English majors at the Faculty of English language Teacher Education, ULIS, VNU as perceived by students and teachers: A needs-based approach

Tóm tắt An initial evaluation of the listening materials for first-Year English majors at the Faculty of English language Teacher Education, ULIS, VNU as perceived by students and teachers: A needs-based approach: ...gorization was employed to conduct this research since it is comprehensive and well suited to the study. Many practitioners define language NA in various ways and from different viewpoints. Nunan (1991) and Brown (1995) define NA as a set of tools, techniques and procedures for 5 determini...changed in order to better meet Ss‟ needs (question 25 in Ss‟ questionnaire / 26 in Ts‟ questionnaire). The questionnaires for students and teachers contain the same questions except for question 25 in Ts‟ questionnaire. Since the Ss were freshmen, the author assumed that it would be hard fo...nd strategies in language use in the materials; (4) the CD quality construction; (5) the speed of delivery in the recordings. In short, the results of the study have shed light on the Ss‟ listening needs and to what extent the current in-class listening materials met their needs from the persp...