The purpose of the study is to explore English as a foreign language (EFL) college students'
needs in English for General Purposes (EGP) and English for Specific/Academic Purposes …

SLA literature tends to focus predominantly on what motivates language learners, but what
demotivates them has not been widely discussed. This book, focusing exclusively on …

This book explores how complex systems theory can contribute to the understanding of
classroom language learner motivation through an extended examination of one particular …

Students' attitudes are usually consulted before launching any learning/teaching program
since they are the center of the learning process. This study is also motivated by such an aim …

This study was conducted to examine the needs of the students of cabin services program
regarding English in order to guide the design of a vocational English language curriculum …

This paper attempts to investigate the awareness about the use of the mother tongue (MT) in
the Saudi EFL university classrooms. The use of MT can be a cause of encouraging or de …

The primary purpose of this study is to investigate external and internal factors that act as
learning demotivators that can discourage students from learning in Japanese high school …

This paper presents an overview of action research conducted in an EFL university context,
in which data was collected about students' past English learning experiences and hopes for …

Broadly defined, needs analysis (NA) is a procedure to collect information about learners'
needs (Richards, 2001). The importance of NA is emphasized in English for Specific …

The present study was an attempt to reveal the EFL students' perceptions of three
subcategories of needs (necessities, wants, and lacks) in English for general purposes …