(Retracted Article)NEEDS ANALYSIS FOR GENRE-BASED CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT TO IMPROVE PRE-CADET STUDENTS’ CRITICAL EXPOSITORY WRITING
Keywords:
Needs Analysis, Development, Improving, Critical Writing and Genre - BasedAbstract
The objectives of this research article were to study Thai pre-cadets' general context, to study Thai pre-cadets' opinions about English writing skills and to analyse the needs for development of a Sydney, genre-based syllabus design for improving Thai pre-cadets’ critical writing on exposition texts. The study was quantitative research conducted with a sample of 30, second-year pre - cadets students who were enrolled in an extra English course in the academic year 2020. The data were collected through a Five-point rating scales questionnaire validated by 5 experts for its accuracy. The obtained data were analyzed to using descriptive statistics to determine frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation and content analysis for problems, obstacles and suggestions in open ended questionnaire. The results showed that the majority of students lacked knowledge of expository writing and needed to learn English writing in everyday life at the highest level ( = 4.07). Some of them needed to learn expository writing with both teacher and peer support. Vocabulary and language pattern necessary for expository writing were also needed. Some students preferred to translate a draft from Thai to English when they were wring at a high level (
= 3.83). The study also found that after their engagement in writing activities, they were yet unable to apply critical expository writing strategies. Therefore, it is suggested that there should be some guidelines for English teachers at the Armed Forces Academies Preparatory School to develop an SFL-based curriculum in order for students to develop writing skills to be able to write criticism effectively.
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