Theodora Ygeionomaki - Needs analysis and material design for refugee women in a non-formal educational setting

Sep 11, 2026

The study examines the needs of ten refugee women attending English language classes in a non-formal educational setting in Northern Greece and residing in a local camp. Participants are Iraqi women aged 14–22 with intermediate English proficiency and no knowledge of Greek. A needs analysis was conducted to identify immediate and future needs and to guide the design of task-based educational materials. Methodology follows a qualitative case study using observation, questionnaires, interviews, documents and a Council of Europe toolkit tool 25.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryForms

FormatPDF

Pages138

Reading Time48 min

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Introduction

Literature Review

Refugee Women’s Education

Refugee Women’s Non-formal Education in Greece

English Language Needs of Refugee Women

Existing Proposed English Material

The Need for Needs Analysis

Existing Language N.A. Studies

Syllabus and Material Design

Task Design Considerations

Methodology

Research Questions and Motives

Qualitative Research Case Study

Participants

Tools

Observation

Questionnaire

School of Humanities Language education for refugees and migrants Postgraduate Dissertation Needs analysis and material design for refugee women in a non formal educational setting. Theodora Ygeionomaki Supervisor: Anna Mouti Patras, Greece, July 2020 Theses / Dissertations remain the intellectual property of students (“authors/creators”), but in the context of open access policy they grant to the HOU a non-exclusive license to use the right of reproduction, customization, public lending, presentation to an audience and digital dissemination thereof internationally, in electronic form and by any means for teaching and research purposes, for no fee and throughout the duration of intellectual property rights. Free access to the full text for studying and reading does not in any way mean that the author/creator shall allocate his/her intellectual property rights, nor shall he/she allow the reproduction, republication, copy, storage, sale, commercial use, transmission, distribution, publication, execution, downloading, uploading, translating, modifying in any way, of any part or summary of the dissertation, without the explicit prior written consent of the author/creator. Creators retain all their moral and property rights. Needs analysis and material design for refugee women in a non formal educational setting. Theodora Ygeionomaki Supervising Committee Supervisor: Anna Mouti University of Thessaly and Hellenic Open University/LRM-MA Co-Supervisor: Chrysanthi Tiliakou Hellenic Open University/LRM-MA Patras, Greece, July 2020 Acknowledgments I would like to thank my supervisor, Anna Mouti, for her dedication, insightful comments, guidance and unsparing encouragement. I would also like to thank my co-supervisor, Chrysanthi Tiliakou for her useful comments. “Theodora Ygeionomaki”, “Needs analysis and material design for refugee women in a non-formal educational setting” Abstract This study examines the needs ofa group of refugee women attending English language classes at a non-formal educational setting in Northern Greece and residing the local camp. The participants are ten Iraqi women, aged between 14-22 years old with an intermediate English language competence, who don’t speak any Greek. A needs analysis was carried out to investigate their immediate and future needs and design educational material accordingly. The literature review of this study covers the fields of needs analysis and syllabus/task designs. Moreover, the setting of refugee women’s non-formal education in Greece is examined, along with the barriers they face. Some existing material is also examined, that could potentially be proposed for the participants of this study. The methodology part explains the tools employed for this qualitative case study, which were: observation, questionnaires, an interview, documents and tool 25 from the council of Europe’stoolkit. The tools were thematically analyzed to lead to the design of the researcher’s proposed material, which is based on the task-based approach. Lesson plans are provided in the body of the thesis and the corresponding handouts are exhibited in the Appendix. Key words Needs analysis, refugee women’s education, barriers, material development Postgraduate Dissertation iv “Theodora Ygeionomaki”, “Needs analysis and material design for refugee women in a non-formal educational setting” Περίληψη Η παρούσα έρευνα μελετά τις ανάγκες μιας ομάδας προσφύγων γυναικών, οι οποίεςπαρακολουθούνε μαθήματα Αγγλικής σε ανεπίσημο εκπαιδευτικό περιβάλλον στη ΒόρειαΕλλάδα και διαμένουν στο τοπικό κέντρο υποδοχής . Οι συμμετέχουσες είναι δέκα γυναίκεςαπό το Ιράκ, μεταξύ 14-22, με μέτριο επίπεδο στην Αγγλική γλώσσα και χωρίς γνώση τηςΕλληνικής . Προηγήθηκε μια ανάλυση αναγκών από την ερευνήτρια, για να εντοπίσει τιςάμεσες και μελλοντικές ανάγκες των γυναικών, πριν το σχεδιασμό εκπαιδευτικού υλικού . Η βιβλιογραφική επισκόπηση της έρευνας καλύπτει πρωτίστως τα πεδία της

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What is the main purpose of the dissertation?

To analyze the immediate and future needs of refugee women attending English classes in a non-formal setting and use the findings to design educational material.

Who participated in the needs analysis?

Ten Iraqi women aged 14–22 with intermediate English competence who do not speak Greek.

What research methods and tools were used?

The qualitative case study uses observation, questionnaires, an interview, documents, and Council of Europe toolkit tool 25, with thematic analysis to develop the proposed material.

Sep 11, 2026

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