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Other students Correcting your written work? (b) the teacher sometimes asking you to correct your own work? 18 = 9.4% 65 = 34% 30 = 15.7% 65 = 34% Even so, they still appear, in general, to prefer a rather passive style of learning involving listening and taking notes rather than, for example, correcting their own writing(see Table 24). They also prefer learning by listening to reading and making notes. The majority of students do, however, enjoy role play although over half still find memorising conversations/ 76 = 39.8% 39 = 20.4% 37 = 19.4% 14 = 7.3% 27 = 14.2% 7= 3.7% 1= 0.5% 100% - 100% dialogues helpful. Interestingly, not withstanding their preference for listening and taking notes, the majority of students perceive the speaking skill to be a little more important than the skills of writing, reading and listening. It may be that they have some fear of speaking activities for a range of reasons. This clearly needs to be investigated. Table 24 Students’ Preferences for Learning Method Variables Percent (quite like or like very much) learning by reading 58.1% learning by repeating what students hear 52.3% learning by listening 51.9% reading and making notes as a learning 49.7% method. problem solving tasks as a learning method 46.6% listening and taking notes as a learning method 45.6% getting information for yourselves. 44.5% memorising 34.6% copying from the board 34.0% According to the students, factors that hinder the learning of a foreign language are student-related, classroom-related and resource-related. Students also feel that there are inadequate native speaker teachers and insufficient consultation hours. Nor does it help that teaching methods are
often felt to be uninteresting, as are teaching materials. Furthermore, there is a clear indication that students regard course objectives as being ill-defined. Students seem to have difficulty understanding English materials that are Table 25 not class related (see Table 25). This seems to suggest they cannot make effectively use of what has been taught/learnt in class in real life experience. Students’ Perceptions of the Three Most Frequent Problems They Encounter Variables Percentage of a lot of difficulties speaking about their academic subjects in 64.4% English reading public notices 52.8% finding too many words I don’t understand 47.6% following instructions (when reading) 47.6% Students’ Motivation for Taking English Courses Many lecturers report that students take English courses only because they are compulsory and appear to blame students for their failure to reach a high level of proficiency. In this context, it is worth noting that student motivation for learning is largely instrumental (see Table 26). Furthermore, if given a choice, about thirty two percent of the student respondents would prefer to learn a language other than English. Moreover, sixty eight percent stated that when applying for a job, English would give them advantage over those who do not know English. Table 26 The Reasons Students Learn English Variable Responded Not Total Responded English is useful 97=51.1% 94=48.9% 100% enjoy learning English 42=21.9% 149=78.1% 100% to improve skills in English 25=13.0% 166=87.0% 100% further studies 14= 7.3% 177=92.7% 100% an advantage in job application 13= 6.8% 178=93.2% 100%
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