Towards a Defensible EAP Curriculum: A Needs Analysis

Autor/inn/en	Ergünay, Onur; Uysal, Derya
Titel	Towards a Defensible EAP Curriculum: A Needs Analysis
Quelle	In: Journal of Theoretical Educational Science, 13 (2020) 2, S.424-439 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Ergünay, Onur) ORCID (Uysal, Derya)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1308-1659
Schlagwörter	English for Academic Purposes; Academic Language; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Curriculum Development; Curriculum Design; Language Teachers; College Students; Teacher Attitudes; Student Attitudes; Public Colleges; Objectives; Instructional Materials; Instructional Improvement; Grading; Educational Needs; Foreign Countries; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Academic; Language; Languages; Akademiker; Sprache; Wissenschaftssprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Lehrplangestaltung; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Collegestudent; Lehrerverhalten; Schülerverhalten; Goal definition; Zielsetzung; Lehrmaterial; Lehrmittel; Unterrichtsmedien; Unterrichtsqualität; Notengebung; Schulnote; Educational need; Bildungsbedarf; Ausland; Türkei
Abstract	This paper reports on the process and findings of curriculum development towards a defensible EAP curriculum in the Department of Foreign Languages at Eskisehir Osmangazi University. In addition, it illustrates the evaluation of newly introduced innovations by the students. The study was designed as a curriculum development project which was based on Brown's needs analysis (NA) framework. The NA studies were conducted in 2016-2017 academic year with the students and the teaching staff employed in the department. Focus group technique was used to take the opinions of the teaching staff about the components of the curriculum, and the opinions of the students were taken through workshops. In 2016-2017 academic year, repeat students' opinions about the innovated curriculum were taken through an open-ended questionnaire. The data were analyzed by using thematic content analysis technique. The emerging themes in the NA study are: (1) need for clarification of the program objectives; (2) need for revision of teaching materials; (3) need for improvement in teaching and learning practices; and (4) need for improvement in assessment practices. The emerging themes in the evaluation of the NA study based on the open-ended questionnaire are 'materials', 'assessment procedures', and 'overall structure of the EAP curriculum'. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01