Investigating the English Language Needs of Students at the University of Zilina

• Authors: Dana Lengyelfalusyová , Michaela Bakay Záhorská
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper focuses on investigating the needs of students of ESP courses at the University of Zilina via needs analysis questionnaire. The results of the research reveal the necessity to reconsider the content of the study material at language courses at the university to satisfy the students’ subject needs as well as the needs of the international job market by implementing activities enhancing the communicative competence in ESP.

Keywords

EN

needs analysis questionnaire; ESP courses; the communicative competence

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Acta Technologica Dubnicae
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 1
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 60-69

Dates

published

2011-07-01

online

2015-07-14

Contributors

author

Dana Lengyelfalusyová

• Faculty of Humanities, University of Žilina, Slovakia;

author

Michaela Bakay Záhorská

• Institute of Foreign Languages, University of Žilina, Slovakia;

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/atd-2015-0040