Abstract:

The aim of this study is to investigate the results of an “English needs analysis” car- ried out in the English Departments of Dokuz Eylül University and Ondokuz Mayıs Univer- sity. The study also attempts to examine the effectiveness of communicative approach in these departments from the standpoint of students’ individual needs and expectations. The study is based on a questionnaire of 307 undergraduates from the English Departments at the universities concerned. The three main objectives of the research were to (1) identify how the students perceived the use of various communicative skills, (2) identify students’ opinions on their various communicative language skills which they acquired, and (3) find out how stu- dents assessed the usefulness of the English courses given by the English Departments of these universities regarding their communicative language needs. The data obtained from the questionnaire revealed that the students cannot make use of the foreign language for their communicative purposes, and the present instructional language programmes remain insuffi- cient in developing students’ communicative skills.

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