Need Analysis

Mohammad Shuaib
 Contents

Introduction

Benefits

Performance gap

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 What is “Need Analysis”?
• Procedure for collecting information about
learners’ needs

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 The Purpose of needs analysis

• Language skills
• To provide with a suitable learning and
syllabus
• To identify a change of direction
• An important tool for ESP

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Stages in the ESP process: theory

Needs
analysis

Evaluation Course design

Assessment Teaching - learning

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Performance Gap

Past
Target
Perfor
goals
mance

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Need analysis helps to Bridge the gap

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Essential variables to fulfil needs

professional Personal
information information
about learners about learners
environmen
tal situation

learners’
needs from
Learner
course s’ lacks

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 Benefits of Need analysis
• Explores ways of enhancing competency
• Better outcomes with optimum utilization of
resources
• Selection of adequate materials
• Give us target ends
• Signposting
• Time saving

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How to collect data
Observation
Questionnaire
Discussion
Record keeping
Assessment

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Progress in learning

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Limitations of Need Analysis

• Time Consuming
• Difficult to meet all needs of the learner
• Difficult to analyse language due to its
complexity.

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