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Analysing language needs of the University of Limpopo business english students : an exploratory study

Thesis (M. A.(English Studies)) -- University of Limpopo, 2020 / Although the University of Limpopo (UL) students have been taught Business English
(BE) for a number of years, their needs were never formally analysed. Hence, an
exploratory research design was used to explore the needs of UL BE students, and a
qualitative approached was followed. Thus, students and lecturers in Accounting and
Financial Management were requested to fill in a questionnaire and to respond to
interview questions, respectively, to identify students’ needs which were later
analysed. However, Needs Analysis (NA) ought to be at the core of discipline-specific
teaching and learning because it is learner-centred. This essential NA exercise is at
the core of courses such as the UL BE one. Findings of this study indicate that
students’ as well as content lecturers’ input is authentic and remain invaluable to BE
courses as some of these mechanisms are vital for assisting lecturers fulfil students’
needs

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:ul/oai:ulspace.ul.ac.za:10386/3397
Date January 2020
CreatorsMeso, Thapelo Victor
ContributorsNgoepe, L. J.
Source SetsSouth African National ETD Portal
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis
Formatx, 76 leaves
RelationPDF

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