1st Peace as a Global Language Conference Proceedings & Supplement

Peace in the Classroom: Appendix I
Students' Needs

* What does a student need for learning a foreign language?
* Talk with the people in your group. Draw a circle around the number
that matches the opinion of everyone in your group:
      
     1 = We agree strongly with this statement.  
     2 = We agree with this statement.  
     3 = The group members cannot agree about this.  
     4 = We disagree with this statement.   
     5 = We disagree strongly with this statement.
* Remember -there are no correct or incorrect answers.

Students' personal and educational needs 1 2 3 4 5
1 Students need freedom to express themselves and to criticize the institution.
2 Students need to be able to participate in educational decisions.
3 Students need to have contact with teachers.
4 Students need to be treated fairly.
5 Students need to be respected.
6 Students need a comfortable place to live.
7 Students need to be given responsibility for their education.
8 Students need to participate in educational decision-making.
9 Students need teaching methods which treat them as individuals.
10 Students need less emphasis on lectures as a main teaching method.
11 Students need more small group work.
12 Students need more individualized teaching.
13 Students need less emphasis on the textbook.
14 Students need a clear statement of the aims of a course.
15 Students need to be involved in assessment.
16 Students need a variety of assessment methods.
17 Students need to be shown the relevance of subject material to their chosen profession.
18 Students don't need to talk to their teachers.
19 Students don't need to know about their progress.
20 Students don't need to know the results of all assessments.
21 Students don't need to learn study skills.
22 Students don't need learning skills.
23 Students don't need to be enthusiastic.

Adapted from Hills, P. J. (1976) The Self-teaching Process in Higher Education,
Ch. 3. Student's and Teacher's Perceptions of Course Needs. London: Croom Helm.

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Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Appendix D Appendix E Appendix F Appendix G Appendix H
Appendix J Appendix K Appendix L Appendix M Appendix N Appendix O Appendix P Appendix Q

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