Open AccessThe Relationship between English Language Skills and Learning Needs of Secondary School Students
Author(s) -
Aida Kairienė
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
rural environment. education. personality
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
eISSN - 2255-8071
pISSN - 2255-808X
DOI - 10.22616/reep.2021.14.010
Subject(s) - active listening , mathematics education , reading (process) , psychology , needs analysis , rank (graph theory) , plan (archaeology) , descriptive statistics , english language , pedagogy , computer science , linguistics , mathematics , philosophy , statistics , communication , archaeology , combinatorics , history
Students learn English with certain motives. Many students seek to improve their careers, others seek to gain confidence, and others plan to live abroad. Thus, the problematic question arises: how do English language skills and learning needs of secondary school students relate to each other? The research aim is to designate the relationship between English language skills and learning needs of secondary school students. The methods of descriptive statistics were used. The Spearman rank correlation coefficient was applied. Mostly the medium correlation and a weak correlation were dominated between English language skills and learning needs. The analysis disclosed that students give more priority to receptive skills ‒ reading and listening than to communicative - speaking and writing skills.