An Analysis of the Students’ Needs and their Speaking Proficiency in Designing Instructional Materials

Abstract

The article was the results of empirical work to analyse the students’ needs and their proficiency for instructional materials. To produce such materials also required intensive processes from one step to another. Hence, the research aimed to know: (1) the extent of relations between needs and proficiency and (2) the interrelations of pronunciation, structure, and vocabulary of the English speaking skills. In collecting data, the questionnaire items had been used. The data were analysed by using a statistic analysis. The results showed that the intention in designing the instructional materials required the analysis of the students’ needs for the English speaking skills. Thus, the research products were hopefully fruitful to develop the English speaking skills for the English department students.

DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2016.v7n4p610