REVIEW AND ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ NEEDS, INTERESTS AND SUGGESTIONS REGARDING ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE TEACHING AT THE TEACHERS’ TRAINING FACULTY IN BIJELJINA
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https://doi.org/10.7251/NSK1413009PKeywords:
students, needs, interests, suggestions, emotional side of foreign language teachingAbstract
The traditional grammar-translation method is still being used by English language teachers at most faculties in this region, including The Teachers’ Training Faculty in Bijeljina. The students are mainly disinterested, they lack discipline and show a poor level of their linguistic and communicative competence even after several years of learning. At the beginning, it was assumed that the techniques, which in addition to intellectual side also include emotional content, can contribute to motivation increase and solve the problem of discipline. In order to achieve more effective results in foreign language teaching and learning, it has been suggested that the syllabuses should be created according to students’ wishes, needs and interests.
This paper gives the review and analysis of these needs and interests, and attitudes and suggestions given by students may be used as important guidelines for modernization of English language teaching at the university level.
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