3.1.2 Results of Section Two: Learners' Perception to
Business English learning
Question6: How interested are you in learning
business in the English language?
100%
80%
60%
40%
20%
0%
Interested
100%
Not interested
0%
Diagram 5: Learners' interest towards Learning
Business in English
As underscored in diagram 5, the learners at the institution (
INPED) are all interested in learning business in the English language.
Question 7: How would you evaluate your current
level in Business English?
40
50
30
20
10
0
Low Medium Good
16.7%
33.3%
50%
Diagram 6 : Learners' Current Level in Business
English
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The learners' current level in BE differentiates
between good, medium, and low, i,e 50% of the learners have evaluated
their level as being good. 33.3% of them have judged their level as being
medium. A small number of students, which is 16.7% , evaluate themselves as
having a low level of Business English.
Question 8: Evaluate your progress in Business
English at this institution:
a- No Progress
b- Low Progress
c- High Progress
80%
0%
20%
a
b
c
Diagram 7: Learners' Progress at the
Institution
the results above Indicate that the higher number of
respondents (80%) have evaluated their progress of Business English at the
INPED as being high .20% of the participants claim that their progress is low .
whereas, no one has answered with no progress.
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Question 9: Would you say that your proficiency
in Business English skills is:
|
Weak
|
Average
|
Good
|
|
Listening
|
0%
|
63.3%
|
36.7%
|
|
Speaking
|
16.7%
|
66.7 %
|
16.7%
|
|
Reading
|
16.7 %
|
56.7 %
|
26.7%
|
|
Writing
|
13.3%
|
50%
|
36.7%
|
Table 3: Learners' Skills
Proficiency
Throughout the results presented in table 3, we can see that
the answers vary between weak, average, and good. For listening, 63.3% of the
learners have said that their proficiency in this skill is average, whereas
36.7% claim that they are good. For speaking,66.7% of the learners have an
average proficiency, 16.7% are weak and the same result marked as being good.
For the reading skill, 26.7% have said that they are good, 56.7% are average
and only 16.7% learners are weak . For writing, 50% respondents are average,
13.3% are weak and the rest of them, that is 36.7% , are good .
Question 10: Which language skills do you
need in Business English? ( you can tick more than one)
|
Listening
|
Speaking
|
Reading
|
Writing
|
|
Number of Participants
|
20
|
30
|
16
|
17
|
|
Percentage
|
66.7 %
|
100 %
|
53.3%
|
56.7%
|
Table4: The Language Skills Needed in Business
English
As it is shown in table 4, the most needed language skill is
speaking since 100% of the learners have ticked on it, and then listening which
have got 66.7%. 17 learners that
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corresponds to 56.7% have added writing to their needs and only
16 of them, which stands for 53.3% , have stressed on reading .
Question 11: How useful are the Business English
courses with regard to your needs?
40
90
80
70
60
50
30
20
10
0
Useful Of some use Not useful
86.7%
13.3%
0%
Diagram 8: The Usefulness of Business English
Courses with Regard to Learners' Needs
The majority of the learners at INPED that corresponds to
86.7% see that the courses of ESP are useful with regard to their needs , few
of them, i,e 13.3%, have declared that the Business English courses are only of
some use .
Question 12: Why do you consider English
important in the Algerian business field?
The majority of the learners that is 90% have answered this
question by making reference to English as an international language. They have
argued that as English has emerged as an international language for many
fields. It is important for them to learn it in order to be able to work and
communicate in Business English. In addition, some of them have argued that
English is very important in the Algerian business field as many companies have
international relations. So, it would become easy for them to build strong
relationships through a good communication in English.
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