Analysis of language Learning Needs of Tenth-grade Iranian Students

Subject Areas : Applied Linguistics

Fatemeh  Mohammadi Sadegh ¹ (Department of English Language, Zahedan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Zahedan, Iran)

Received: 2022-09-17 Accepted : 2022-09-17 Published : 2022-04-01

Keywords: EFL learners, یادگیری زبان انگلیسی, Needs analysis, زبان آموزان زبان انگلیسی, English Language Learning (ELL), تحلیل و بررسی  نیازهای یادگیری,

Abstract :

The present study examined and analyzed the language learning needs of Tenth-grade Iranian Students. Despite the significant role of needs analysis in language learning, no attempt has been made to explore the current language learning needs of Tenth- grade students and these needs are apparently unknown at present. To do this, this research evaluate and discussed the current language learning needs of Tenth-grade students. Also, this project highlighted the most and the least important language learning needs of them. To this purpose, the data was collected through questionnaire. 250 EFL learners of different high schools in Zahedan were selected to answer the questionnaire. The questionnaire developed by Kittidhaworn (2001) and surveyed seven dimensions of language learning needs, and the extent of the importance, was remarked by Tenth-grade learners of high schools. According to obtained data, the most important language learning need was "listening Skill", and the least one attributed to the "Language Function" from their points of view. It is expected that the findings of this study may help teachers, students, and researchers who are interested in effective assessment of language learning needs and also administrators who are responsible for organizing and implementing them.

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