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TTI, 303/4
Needs Analysis of EFL Listening by Taiwanese College Students

 The purpose of the present study is to investigate the EFL listening needs of college students in Taiwan. The major research questions explored in the study are: (1) What are the EFL listening skills required by college students? (2) What are the EFL listening skills which English teachers expect of college students? (3) Are there differences in listening needs between effective and ineffective EFL listeners? Subjects in the study were 400 students from the freshmen and 13 English teachers at National Yunlin University of Science & Technology. They completed a 60-item Likert-scaled questionnaire on the needs assessment of EFL listening. Then, some subjects were scheduled a 10-minute follow-up interview on their perceptions of EFL listening needs. ANOVA and factor analysis were conducted to analyze subjects' scores on questionnaires. Results of the study provided empirical descriptions of learners needs for L2 listening, and also offered some implications for teaching EFL listening comprehension.