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- Title
IDENTIFYING STUDENTS' NEEDS TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF ENGLISH FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNING.
- Authors
Naka, Laura
- Abstract
In addition to the research that has been going on for more than two decades in English language teaching and learning process, the quality of learning English as a foreign language remains a trend of research nowadays. Also, a great deal of research is done to look for the best possible ways in order for teachers to develop as professionally as possible, which is also their primary goal. This issue drives EFL teachers to look after different teaching methods, which effort not only fulfills the students' individual needs but also enriches the teachers' professional background. The problem lies in the lack of ability to identify language differences among individuals in a classroom whose absence causes generalization of the teaching methodology and not all students find themselves in a comfortable EFL learning environment. Therefore, this study aims to investigate and verify the factors that influence the appropriate teaching methodology based on the individual needs of EFL learners in order to provide as little as possible the solution to this problem. The study uses the qualitative research method by analyzing data based on two focus groups discussion with students who study English as a foreign language as a mandatory course in the certain program at the University of Gjakova "Fehmi Agani", respectively Faculty of Education. Furthermore, there are conducted interviews with three English foreign language teachers who teach skills of English as foreign language to students in Faculty of Education. Students are randomly selected regardless of their English language level proficiency, from both preschool and primary programs in Faculty of Education. The findings show that teaching methods based on the individual needs of students are necessary and motivate all students regardless of their English language level proficiency. Concluding that this effort positively affects the quality of English language learning as a foreign language and it facilitates further education of young people in our country, this study recommends that English language teachers should work hard on identifying the needs of each student in the English language learning classroom and then have to immediately adopt necessary innovative teaching methods. The paper also describes the factors that influence in learning style of each individual from early childhood and the factors that impact on ability to learn English as a foreign language in the same way for all learners.
- Subjects
FOREIGN language education; EDUCATIONAL quality; ENGLISH as a foreign language; CLASSROOM environment; QUALITATIVE research; LANGUAGE ability; EDUCATIONAL innovations
- Publication
Knowledge: International Journal, 2020, Vol 41, Issue 2, p377
- ISSN
2545-4439
- Publication type
Article