Investigating the information needs of university students in foundational foreign language courses

dc.contributor.authorWestwood, Glenna
dc.date.accessioned2012-08-20T19:06:28Z
dc.date.available2012-08-20T19:06:28Z
dc.date.issued2012-06
dc.description.abstractThis investigation seeks to address two issues: first, to discover if there is evidence that university students in foundational language courses need information resources to support their language learning and second, if such evidence exists, what the specific information resource needs might be and how important those resources are to students’ language learning. After engaging in a year of foreign language study, the author used the evidence gathered to develop and conduct a survey of the user needs of language students at the Self Access Centre (CAADI) of the University of Guanajuato, Mexico. Results of the survey supported the personal learning experiences of the author. Over 80% of students surveyed reported using the information resources in the CAADI at least once a week with general grammar books, course text books and films being reported as the most important resources. This investigation provides a starting point for research in to the collection development practices of academic libraries supporting the learning of foreign languages. By examining the information needs of one population, evidence has been provided that these students do indeed need information resources to support their language learning. The study suggests specific resource types that could be important for these users.en_US
dc.description.peer-reviewYesen_US
dc.identifier.citationWestwood, G. (2012). Investigating the information needs of university students in foundational foreign language courses. Studies in Self-Access Learning Journal, 3!2), 149- 162.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/3112
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherSiSAL journalen_US
dc.publisher.departmentLibraryen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Lethbridgeen_US
dc.subjectSelf access centersen_US
dc.subjectSelf access materialsen_US
dc.subjectLanguage learning--Researchen_US
dc.subjectLanguage and languages--Researchen_US
dc.subjectInformation resources--Researchen_US
dc.subjectForeign languages--Study and teaching--Researchen_US
dc.titleInvestigating the information needs of university students in foundational foreign language coursesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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