A Study for the Needs Analysis of Preparatory Students at Language Departments

Bu çalışma, Hacettepe Üniversitesi Dil Bölümü hazırlık öğrencilerinin ihtiyaçlarını belirlemek ve mevcut programın bu ihtiyaçlara cevap verip vermediğini, ihtiyaç analizi anketi ve informal görüşmelerle ortaya çıkarmayı amaçlamaktadır. Geçerli ve güvenilir sonuçlar elde etmek için anket Hacettepe Üniversitesi 103 dil bölümü dördüncü sınıf öğrencisi (Amerikan Kültürü ve Edebiyatı, ingiliz Dil Bilimi, İngilizce Öğretmenliği, ingiliz Dili ve Edebiyatı, ingilizce Mütercim Tercümanlık) ve 18 öğretim elemanına uygulanmıştır. Öğretim elemanları ile informal görüşmeler de yapılmıştır. Bu iki anket de öğrencilerin ihtiyaçlarını belirlemek üzere, verilerin karşılaştırılması için paralel hazırlanmıştır. Anket, öğrencilere ve öğretim elemanlarına uygulanmadan önce olabilecek problemleri görebilmek için pilot denemesi yapılmıştır.

Dil Bölümlerindeki Hazırlık Öğrencilerinin İhtiyaç Analizi Çalışması

This study aims at finding the needs of the preparatory school students' at the departments of Language at Hacettepe University by informal interviews and questionnaires in order to see whether the existing syllabus meets the needs of the students. To determine valid and reliable results, the questionnaire was administered to 103 fourth grade Language departments students (American Culture and Literature, English Language and Literature, Linguistics, Translation and Interpretation, English Language Teaching) and 18 teaching staff at these departments at Hacettepe University. Informal interviews were done by the teaching staff. These two questionnaires are parallel to each other so that the results can be compared to identify the needs of the students. Before administering the questionnaire to the students and to the teaching staff the pilot administration was done to see the possible problems which might occur.

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