An English Language Curriculum Design of an English Language Program through Needs Analysis at a University in Turkey

2015-03-31
This mixed-method study presents the results of the needs analysis of a University language program in Turkey to design a new curriculum. Students and instructors attending the ELP and freshmen and faculty lecturers participated in the study. The results indicated the importance of addressing reading skill in the new curriculum.
AAAL/ACLA 2015, March 21-24, 2015

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Citation Formats
A. Daloğlu, “An English Language Curriculum Design of an English Language Program through Needs Analysis at a University in Turkey,” presented at the AAAL/ACLA 2015, March 21-24, 2015, Toronto, Canada, 2015, Accessed: 00, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/87888.