DOI: 10.5176/2345-7163_1.2.27
Authors: Ko-Yin Sung and Hsiao-Mei Tsai
Abstract:
This study investigates students' needs in a Chinese language program from a university in Utah, the United States. The present study had two aims. First, the study attempted to find students' necessities, lacks, and wants. Second, the study tried to determine to what extent the students' perceived needs differ from the teachers' views and the learning objectives posted by the department. The study results showed that the students rated speaking and listening skills as highly important. Moreover, the skill the students lacked most was grammar. Additionally, the students desired to take conversation and business courses most. Finally, this study found that the students, the teachers, and the department learning objectives only partially agreed with each other. Based on these findings, implications were given and teaching suggestions were recommended.
Keywords:
needs analysis, Chinese, college level, foreign language learning
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