EAP talk 2 in staff workshop 23April2009

1. Majed Alqahtani

2.  Research process
 Background of the study
 Statement of the problem
 Focus of the study
 Literature review
 Methods
 Findings
 Conclusion
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4.  Britishhigher education system
 Increasing the number of students
 Students’ preparation
 Students’ academic background
 Students’ culture
 Strong and mutually relationship
between KSA & UK
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5.  Students’ level of English
 Students’ lack of knowledge
 Teachers, Lecturers, etc lack of
knowledge
 Students’ preparation
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6. Motivation
Aims
Expected
Limitation
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7. Therefore, the following research questions have been set for the
study:
 What are the language needs of the Saudi students in
British postgraduate programmes?
 What are the critical culture challenges that Saudi
Students face in the British tertiary academic context?
 What is the best preparation needed for Saudi students as
they enter British postgraduate programmes?
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8. Two analytical framework
I. Language needs
II.Cross-culture communication
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9.  Richterich (1983:2): “Needs analysis is the very concept of
language needs has never been clearly defined and remains at best
ambiguous”.
 Needs analysis is what learners will be required to do with a foreign
language in a target situation, and how learners might best master
the target language during the period of training (West, 1994, p.1).
 Uzpaliene and Kavaliauskiene (2003:35) go further by describing
needs analysis as a complex process which is usually followed by
syllabus design, selection of course materials teaching/learning a
course and evaluation.
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10. First, Present situation analysis
A.Means analysis
B.Aim of learning
Second, Target situation analysis
A.Necessities
B.Lacks
C.Wants
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11. Learning style
Education system differences
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13. The present study is descriptive in its
methods and policy-oriented in its
purpose.
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14. Mixed methods of (questionnaire, interview, and
observation)
Onwuegbuzie and Turner (2007:123) defined mixed
methods:
“mixed methods research is the type of research in which a
research or team of researchers combines elements of
qualitative and quantitative research approaches (e.g.
use of qualitative and quantitative view points, data
collection, analysis, inference techniques) for the board
purposes of the breadth and depth of understanding and
corroboration".
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18.  Section 1: Background and general information
 Section 2: Saudi students, experience in learning English
language in Saudi Arabia
 Section 3: Current Saudi students' preparation for
entering tertiary institutions in the UK.
 Section 4: English language difficulties in British
Academic Mode.
 Section 5: Cultural experiences and difficulties in the
British academic mode.
 Section 6: Students' preferences in EAP class (preferences
in teaching style)
 Section 7: Learning strategies
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19. These interviews were composed of three
sets:
o First set was conducted with postgraduate students.
o Second set was conducted with students studying in
the EAS programme.
o Third set was conducted with teachers teaching in the
EAS programme.
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20. No Students’ name School Level of study
1 S1 Education PhD
2 S2 Management MBA
3 S3 Chemistry PhD
4 S4 Education PhD
5 S5 Biology PhD
6 S6 Management PhD
7 S7 Computer Msc
8 S8 Management Msc
9 S9 Health PhD
10 S 10 Management Msc
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21. No Name Subject of teaching Gender
1 T1 Listening & note taking F
2 T2 Reading & writing F
3 T3 Writing M
4 T4 Speaking & presentation skills F
5 T5 Grammar F
6 T6 British culture F
7 T7 Reading F
8 T8 M
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22. No Name Level of English Gender
1 S Upper - intermediate F
2 S Upper – intermediate M
3 S Upper – intermediate M
4 S Upper – intermediate F
5 S Upper – intermediate M
6 S Upper – intermediate F
7 S Upper – intermediate F
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23.  EAP classes
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24. 1. Managing the data
2. Immersing the data
3. generating categories and themes
4. Coding the data
5. Offering interpretation
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25.  Difficulties in speaking and listening
 Academic skills e.g. research
 Academic life e.g. punctuality
 Culture differences e.g. supervisor
 Participating in the class e.g. gender and age
 Learning system e.g. discussion based
 High expectation
 Lack of knowledge e.g. teachers and students
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26.  Research process
 Background of the study
 Statement of the problems
 Focus of the study
 Literature review
 Methods
 Findings
 Conclusion
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27. Thank you
for
listening
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