1. Needs analysis
1. Determining goals and objectives
2. Conceptualizing content
3. Selecting and developing materials and
activities
4. Organization of content and activities
5. Evaluation
6. Consideration of resources and constraints
2.
3. The term needs is not as straightforward as it
might appear, and hence the term is
sometimes used to refer to wants, desires,
demands, expectations, motivations, lacks,
constraints and requirements.
4.
5. 1. top find out what language skills a learner needs in
order t perform a particular role, such as sales
manager, tour guide, or university student.
2. to help determine if an existing course adequately
addresses the needs of potential students
3. to determine which students from a group are most
in need of training in particular language skills
4. to identify a change of direction that people in a
reference group feel is important
5. to identify a gap between what students are able to
do and what they need to be able to do
6. to collect information a bout a particular problem
learners are experiencing
6. The target population in a need analysis refers to the
people about whom information will be collected.
These may include:
Policy makers
Ministry of education officers
Teachers
Students
Academics
Employers
Vocational training specialists
Parents
Influential individuals and pressure groups
Academic specialists community agencies
7. A variety of procedures can be used in conducting needs
analysis and the kind of information obtained is often
dependent on the type of procedure selected.
Example of students’ writing problems enrolled in
American universities:
Samples of students writing
Test data on students performance
Reports by teachers on typical problems students face
Opinions of experts
Information from students via interviews and questionnaires
Analysis of textbooks teaching academic writing
Survey of related literature
Examples of writing programs from other institutions
Examples of writing assignments given to first year university students
8. Participatory processes Learning strategies Content
Culture Tasks and activities Competencies
Functions Notions and topics Communicative
situations
Grammar Pronunciation Vocabulary