Methodology of the needs analysis.

The methodology that I have used for the needs analysis of the research study about " the educational factors that need to be considered in order to develop seventh grade students´ interest in learning English while using blogs to develop their writing skills? has been the following:

First,taking into account that I have observed students´lack of interest in English class beacuse many of them have failed the subejct,they do not do homework,they copy the homework from their classmates and some of them do not do the activities in class; I decided to design some instruments to measure students´interest in English class.

Second,I looked for information about how to measure students´interest and I found interesting documents about that like the Intrinsic Motivation Inventory (IMI) which helped me to understand what kinds of statements I could use to measure students´interest in English class.

Third,according to what has been discussed in  the research meetings,I decided to design a checklist and a questionnaire using the Five-level Likert Scale.I create different questions taking into consideration various aspects to know if students were interested in English class.

Fourth,the instruments were corrected in a research meeting.

Fifth,I applied to students the instruments.

Sixth,I tabulated the results of the instruments.

Seventh,the results of the instruments were analyzed in a research meeting.It was discussed that the results showed that students are very interested in English class despite many reasons such as poor grades,failure of  the subject, and irresponsibility.

Eighth,in a research meeting it was agreed that a discussion will be developed to know in a deeper way students´reasons about their interest in English class and access to internet. 

How to differentiate students´interest from their interest level in the English class

One way of knowing students´interest could be through the checklist beacuse students have to answer what they are interested in.Also,they would have the opportunity to answer an open question in which they have to explain in detail what they are more interested in.

About students´interest level I think that one way of measuring it could be through the questions students have to answer at the beggining related to their interest in the English class.Thorugh these results one could see if they are interested or not in the class.However,I believe that they are going to write an answer that seems to be good for the teacher.For that reason, I believe it is necessary to create some questions  using the five-level Likert scale.

CHECKLIST

Mark with a cross ( x)  five aspects you are interested in from the following list:  

   

1. Music

2. Sports

3. T.V programs

4. Famous people

5. Science                                                        

6. Technology                                                           

7. History

8. Animals

9. Books

10. Comics

11. Writing stories

12. Writing poems

13. Reading

14. Fashion

15. Cars

 

Other (s): _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

Complete the following information according to your own reality:

 

The activities that I like the most are: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Because ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 2. 

Draw a circle in the number according to the following options:

1. Strongly disagree
2. Disagree
3. Agree
4. Strongly agree

 

 

Example:

STATEMENT	STRONGLY DISAGREE	DISAGREE	AGREE	STRONGLY AGREE
I am a student	1	2	3	4

  

STATEMENT	STRONGLY DISAGREE	DISAGREE	AGREE	STRONGLY AGREE
1.I like the English class	1	2	3	4
2.I enjoy the English class	1	2	3	4
3.I have learnt a lot in the English class	1	2	3	4
4. I want to learn more in the English class.	1	2	3	4
5.I participate in the English class	1	2	3	4
6.I do the activities in the English class on my own	1	2	3	4
7.I ask questions in the English class	1	2	3	4
8.I do the English homework	1	2	3	4
9.I use the English dictionary in class	1	2	3	4
10.I think English is useful	1	2	3	4
11.I think English is important	1	2	3	4
12. I pay attention to the teacher in class.	1	2	3	4
13.I study when I have an English evaluation	1	2	3	4
14.I like the topics of the English class	1	2	3	4
15.I take notes in class	1	2	3	4
16.I would like to learn English outside the school	1	2	3	4
17.I use English outside the school	1	2	3	4
18. I understand the English topics.	1	2	3	4
19.I am good in English	1	2	3	4
20. I struggle for   the English class.	1	2	3	4
21. There is a good relationship between the teacher and me.	1	2	3	4
22. I can use what I learn in the English class in other places.	1	2	3	4
23.The English class is interesting	1	2	3	4
24. I spend time to learn English outside the school.	1	2	3	4