langauge needs analysis of undergraduate business management and economics students

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the aim of conducting this study was to investigate the foreign language learning needs of undergraduate economics students and business management students in faculties of social sciences of alzahra and azad naragh university. in the study, which was designed on the basis of a qualitative-quantitative basis using interviews and questionnaires, 146 female undergraduate business management as well as 150 economics students and 24 university professors participated. by the results, discrepancies were found between the needs of undergraduate business management and economics students. for the business management students reading, writing, then speaking respectively should be emphasized but for the economics students writing, reading, and listening respectively are the matter of importance. there should be more systematic emphasis on specific sub skills. professors should update their methodology in teaching skills, specially reading and they should concentrate more on reading strategies and sub skills in order to develop this skill. in addition as the students did not feel satisfies with the amount of english language professor talked in class, professors should run classes in english language not in persian.

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