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Needs Analysis
Needs Analysis
Outline
Definitions
and
types
of
needs
WHAT?
LANGUAGE HOW? Hutchinson
&
Water
(1987):
Language
Description
Syllabus
COURSE
Methodology Learning
Theories • target
needs
=
what
the
learners
need
to
do
in
the
target
situation
• necessities
Nature of
particular
• lacks
target and
learning
situation
• wants
• learning
needs
=
what
the
learners
need
to
do
in
order
to
learn
WHO? WHY?
WHERE? WHEN?
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• Interviews
(structured,
semi-‐structured,
unstructured)
• Questionnaires
Source
Method
• Language
audits:
used
to
plot
the
role
of
a
foreign
language
in
Documents
ESP
research
analysis,
questions
in
structured
an
enterprise
interviews
• determine
the
language
needed
for
a
job
Colleagues
discussion,
record
keepings
• determine
the
present
ability
of
the
learner
• Lesson
observations
Learners,
ex-‐students
questionnaires,
structured
interviews,
assessments
• Diaries
and
logs
People
working
observation
• Discourse
analysis
(spoken
and
written)
using
genre
analysis,
computer-‐based
analysis,
etc.
Clients,
employers
structured
interviews,
discussion
• Tests
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• The
art
is
to
gain
the
maximum
relevant
information
in
the
minimum
time.
Ø The
Likert
scale
consists
of
statements
that
respondents
agree
or
• Key
skills
for
interviewers
are
active
listening,
summarising
and
asking
disagree
with.
open
questions.
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Ø Rating
scales
are
easier
to
use
and
useful
for
broad
distinctions.
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Questionnaires
&
Interviews:
Create
a
table
to
show
the
relationship
among
an
item
on
a
questionnaire
and
the
research
questions
and
the
variables
(what
you
Observation:
need
to
measure,
investigate
or
control).
• Observation
can
cover
a
range
of
activities
from
watching
a
particular
task
being
performed
to
shadowing
individuals
at
work.
• EAP
examples
of
observation
for
needs
analysis
include
sitting
in
on
subject
lectures
or
practical
sessions.
• Observations
have
led
to
an
understanding
of
how
and
when
English
and
the
L1
are
intertwined,
of
the
code-‐switching
which
often
goes
on.
• In
EOP
situations,
any
relevant
work
processes
may
be
observed.
• Most
observation
or
shadowing
is
for
Target
Situation
Analysis(TSA)
purposes
but
it
could
be
for
the
Present
Situation
Analysis
(PSA)
of
a
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particular
individual.
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Observation:
Analysis
of
authentic
texts:
• Most
observation
for
evaluation
is
of
classroom
activity
,
but
it
could
• The
texts
can
be
written
documents
or
audio
and
video
recordings
of
also
include
seeing
how
well
a
learner
was
coping
with
using
the
events
such
as
lectures,
meetings,
telephone
interactions,
classroom
language
in
their
work
or
studies.
activities.
• Classroom
observation
requires
careful
groundwork
and
handling.
• The
analysis
may
be
for
TSA
purposes,
to
determine
the
key
linguistic
features
of
a
communicative
event
or
genre
that
is
new
to
us.
• After
the
session,
observer
and
teacher
should
share
their
perceptions
of
what
was
happening.
• Authentic
texts
are
invaluable
for
learning
about
real
and
carrier
content.
• The
early
comments
must
focus
on
positive
features.
Beginning
with
negative
comments
sets
up
the
wrong
perspective.
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Assessment:
Discussion
• Assessment
includes
formal
and
informal
judgements
of
students’
• Discussions
can
pave
the
way
in
both
needs
analysis
and
performance
and
progress
through
classwork,
assignments
and
tests.
evaluation
to
other
methods
such
as
interviewing
and
observing
or
be
an
end
in
themselves.
• Testing
or
assignments
may
form
part
of
a
pre-‐course
PSA
or
evaluate
progress.
Issues
of
assessment
and
testing
are
covered
in
Record
keeping
chapter
11.
• What
is
needed
in
record
keeping
is
systematicity:
records
must
be
made
immediately.
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Ø Outsiders:
do
not
know
the
situation
and
the
environment
à
may
1- Why is English What is your main reason for
miss
or
misinterpret
data.
needed? taking the IELTS test?
Ø Insiders:
have
a
feel
for
the
situation,
but
can
be
too
close
and
For study ? For work? A. To gain scholarships
involve,
lack
expertise.
For training? B. To get promotion
For a combination of C. To get a job
Ø à
A
known,
respected
outsider
+
insiders
is
one
alternative
these? D. To join youth exchange
(Alderson
and
Scott,
1992:36/7)
For other purposes e.g. programs
Ø Outsiders
can
be
others
in
the
same
institution
who
are
not
involved
status, exam, E. Others. Please specify
with
the
course.
promotion…? ………………………………………
Ø Complete
outsiders
are
most
likely
to
be
used
both
for
needs
analysis
and
evaluation
on
large-‐scale
projects
with
external
funding.
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4. Amount
you
learnt
4. Is
the
activity
feasible
given
the
level
and
number
of
your
students?
How
could
you
adapt
it?
5. Pace
of
the
lesson
5. Is
the
activity
focused
only
on
gathering
information
which
you
will
analyze
or
does
it
also
ask
students
to
6. Overall
assessment
of
the
lesson.
• identify
problems
and
solutions?
• Think
of
a
particular
lesson
(such
as
reading,
writing,
expressing
cause
• identify
priorities?
and
effect)
and
devise
an
additional
four
points
and
scales.
6. How
will
the
teachers
and
learners
use
this
information?
After
20
minutes,
the
group
will
present
briefly
their
needs
analysis
scheme
to
the
whole
class.
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