Abstracts
Abstract
This paper attempts to reflect learners’ perspectives of the program in a program reform through learner needs analysis that is often neglected in the practice of program renewal. It uses a questionnaire survey conducted with both current and past students of the program to investigate the learners’ target markets and areas of work, checking if the current content of teaching can prepare the learners for such target situations. It also looks into the results of the needs analysis for any discrepancy between the needs ‘perceived by the teachers’ and the ones ‘felt by the learners’. Based on the results of such analysis, a program renewal is proposed to better coordinate the interests and views of the parties involved in the teaching and learning.
Mots-Clés/Keywords:
- needs analysis,
- questionnaire survey,
- target situation analysis,
- program reform/renewal,
- objectives oriented and process oriented curriculum
Résumé
Cette communication vise à prendre en compte les perspectives des étudiants dans le cadre de la réforme de programmes de traduction et d’interprétation par le biais d’une analyse des besoins des étudiants, fait souvent négligé lors de la mise en pratique de la reconstitution d’un programme. Elle se sert d’un sondage au moyen d’un questionnaire auprès à la fois d’étudiants actuels et anciens, en vue d’examiner leurs marchés cibles et domaines de travail, pour vérifier si le contenu actuel des programmes d’enseignement est à même de préparer les apprenants à aborder de telles situations ciblées. Cette communication examine également les résultats de l’analyse des besoins afin de découvrir tout écart entre les besoins « perçus par les enseignants et ceux « ressentis par les apprenants ». En se basant sur les résultats d’une telle analyse, un renouvellement des programmes est proposé afin de mieux coordonner les intérêts et points de vue des parties prenantes, tant en matière d’enseignement que d’apprentissage.
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