QUESTIONNAIRE OF NEEDS ANALYSIS FOR STUDENT

INTRODUCTION

This questionnaire is one of the mid test projects of Curriculum and Materials Development in
ELT. This research is about syllabus design of Reading Course Two. I am very interested in
your opinions and expectations of it. Please, be so kind as to answer the questions provided
here. Please be honest, because this information will be use as a reference for designing
syllabus of the Reading Course Two.
Thank you.

A. Personal Information

Complete your identity by filling in the fields below.

Name : Nurwahida S
Reg. Number : 20400116025
Semester :V

B. The outline of the current state about the participants’ language need in the course
(Please give a check mark (√) in the column below)

1. How important is in your opinion learning reading skills for you as a student in English
Education Department?

1 2 3 4

Not important Less important Important Very important

2. How important are the following purposes of reading skills for you as a student at English
Education Department?
1 2 3 4
Purposes Not Less Very
Important
important important important
Language improvement ✔
Know the meaning of the text ✔
Know the structure of paragraphs ✔
Highlight, summarize and review ✔
Create motivation and interest ✔
Build a good vocabulary ✔
Adapted from Jeremy Harmer: The Practice of English Language Teaching and Donald Martin (1991): How to
be a Successful Student
THE PARTICIPANTS’ LINGUISTIC NEEDS
A. The outline of the participants’ learning ability

3. There are several components that are consist in reading skill, evaluate your abilities and
knowledge of the following areas!
1 2 3 4
Component of Reading
Poor Fair Good Excellent
Phonemic awareness ✔
Phonics ✔
Fluency ✔
Vocabulary ✔
Comprehension ✔
Adopted from Melinda Rice (2014): Reading Comprehension Skills and Strategies Kay Kovalevs and Alison
Dewsbury, Program Authors.

4. Please give your opinion about how importance are fluency, vocabulary, and
comprehension to improve your ability in reading!

1 2 3 4
Component of Reading Not Less Very
Important
important important important
Fluency ✔
Vocabulary ✔
Comprehension ✔
Adopted from Melinda Rice (2014): Reading Comprehension Skills and Strategies Kay Kovalevs and Alison
Dewsbury, Program Authors.

5. Please give your opinion about the importance of the following topics to be learnt for
developing your reading skills in reading course one?

1 2 3 4
No. Preferred Reading Topic Not Less Very
Important
important important important
1. Nutrition ✔
2. Football ✔
3. Electronics ✔
4. Ballet ✔
5. Fashion ✔
6. Relationships ✔
6. Housing ✔
7. External world ✔
8. Work life ✔
9. Education ✔
10. Needs ✔
11. Free time activities ✔
Chronological and historical
12. ✔
experiences
13. Mental and psychological processes ✔
 Other suggested topics (if you have)
a. ……………….
b. ……………….
Adopted from Eleni Griva: Reading Preferences and Strategies Employed by Primary School Students: Gender,
Socio-Cognitive and Citizenship Issues and Neuner Ve Hunfild: Foreign Language Teaching Course.

6. Please give your opinion about the importance of following skills provided in reading one
subject for you!

1 2 3 4
No. Preferred Reading Skills Not Less Very
Important
important important important
1. Automatic decoding. ✔
2. Previewing and predicting ✔
3. Specifying purpose ✔
4. Identifying genre ✔
5. Questioning ✔
6. Scanning ✔
7. Recognizing topics ✔
Classification of ideas into main
8. ✔
topics and details
Stating the main idea (or thesis) of a
9. ✔
sentences, paragraph or passage
Recognizing patterns of
10. ✔
relationships
Identifying and able to use words
11. that signal the patterns of ✔
relationships between ideas
Recognizing and using pronouns,
12. referents, and other lexical ✔
equivalents as clue to cohesion
Guessing the meaning of unknown
13. ✔
words from the context
14. Skimming ✔
15. Paraphrasing ✔
16. Summarizing ✔
17. Drawing conclusion ✔
Drawing inferences and using
18. ✔
evidence
19. Visualizing ✔
20. Reading critically ✔
21. Reader faster ✔
Adjusting reading rate according to
22. ✔
materials and purpose
Adopted from Mikulecky (1990): Teaching Reading in A Second Language
THE PARTICIPANTS’ LEARNING NEEDS
A. The overview of the participants’ learning problems
7. Based on your experience, what kind of your common problems in reading?
1 2 3 4
Reading Problems Hardly
Seldom Often Always
ever
Phonology ✔
Word recognition ✔
Comprehension of text ✔
Difficulties of pronunciation ✔
Ambiguous words ✔
Unfamiliar vocabulary ✔
The meaning of word ✔
Lack of time ✔
The difficulty of the kind of text ✔
Adopted from Mc Cardle and Catts and Klingner and Vaughn Qarqez: Reading Profiles in Indonesian Context:
Concurrent Protocol Analysis and Mohammed &RadzuwanAb Rashid (2017): Reading Comprehension
Difficulties among EFL Learners: The Case of First and Second-Year Students at Yarmouk University in Jordan

B. The overview of the participants’ learning attitudes

Learning preferences
1. In relation to learning fluency, how important do you think the following ways applied
in the course?
1 2 3 4
Fluency learning preferences Not Less Very
Important
important important important
Speed ✔
Accuracy ✔
Appropriate expression ✔
Adapted from The Effects of Reading Fluency Interventions on the Reading Fluency and Reading Comprehension
Performance of Elementary Students With Learning Disabilities: A Synthesis of the Research from 2001 to 2014.

2. In relation to learning vocabulary, how important do you think the following ways
applied in the course?
1 2 3 4
Vocabulary learning preferences Not Less Very
Important
important important important
Knowing class of words ✔
Using dictionary ✔
Memorizing vocabulary ✔
Communicating the vocabulary ✔
Adapted from Vocabulary Learning Strategy Preferences and Vocabulary Size of Pre-service English Teachers
and Kaharuddin (2018): Syllabus Design for English Language Teaching.
 3. In relation to learning comprehension, how important do you think the following ways
applied in the course?
1 2 3 4
Comprehension learning preferences Not Less Very
Important
important important important
Predicting ✔
Making connection ✔
Visualizing ✔
Inferring ✔
Questioning ✔
Summarizing ✔
Adapted from Hulya Kucukoglu (2013): Improving Reading Skills Through Effective Reading Strategies.

Learning Styles
4. Please give your opinion about the importance of the teaching methods given to teach
listening course as your learning preferences.
1 2 3 4
Learning styles Not Less Very
Important
important important important
Think-aloud process ✔
Group practice ✔
Partner practice ✔
Independent ✔
Adapted from Hulya Kucukoglu (2013): Improving Reading Skills Through Effective Reading Strategies