NA Report
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ANALYSIS
Needs Analysis
“Need analysis is directed mainly at the
goals and content of a course. It
examines what the learners know
already and what they need to know.”
(Nation & Macalister, 2009, p. 24)
Brown defined needs analysis as:
Target Learning
Needs – Needs –
what the what the
learners learners
need to do need to do
in a target in order to
situation learn
Target Needs
Lacks
Wants
Types of Needs
Necessities
NEEDS
NECESSITI
LACKS WANTS
ES
Questionnaires,
personal
interviews, data
collection, Learner self-
observation, assessment
informal using list and
consultation w/ scales
teachers,
learners and
test
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GOALS QUESTIONS TYPES OF
INFORMATIO
N IN THE
ANSWERS
LANGUAGE
IDEAS
SKILLS
TEXT
Negotiated
Ongoing Needs Analysis Syllabus
PRACTICAL
NEEDS
EVALUATING NEEDS ANALYSIS
■Reliable Needs
– Involves well thought out standardized
tools that are applied systematically
■Valid Needs
– Involves looking at what is relevant and
important
■Practical Needs
– Involves time, environment, explicit results
ISSUES IN NEEDS
ANALYSIS
Common core and
specialized language
Narrow focus – wide focus
Critical Needs Analysis
Common core and specialized language
Sutarsyah
Nation
Kennedy
Biber
Narrow focus – wide focus
In social constructionist
theory, arguing for the Such a focus, however,
importance of successful runs the risk of
communication within a teaching “parole” and
specific discourse not “langue”
community.
De Saussure
Ken Hyland
Critical Needs Analysis
■Needs analysis is affected by the
ideology of those in control of the
analysis.
■That is, the questions they ask, the areas
they investigate, and the conclusions
they draw are inevitably influenced by their
attitudes to change and the status quo
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