A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO TEACHING THROUGH NEEDS ANALYSIS
Keywords:
needs analysis, survey, questionnaire, observation, interview, second language, research, assessment, L1, language competence, grammar, vocabularyAbstract
It is vital to mention that in the course of Curriculum Development in Second Language Classrooms, which is instructed to identify learners needs, wants, and lacks in order to analyze the needs of students in acquiring a second language. The reason is that holding needs analysis is a helpful tool for instructors to determine learners' levels, which eases choosing appropriate teaching materials. To hold needs analysis, it is chosen three types of research procedures: observation, interview, and questionnaires. Each procedure is aimed at finding out the language level, language requirements, their preferred ways of learning a second language (English), and difficulties they face during the process.
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Walberg, Herbert J. (1991) Productive Teaching and Instruction: Assessing the Knowledge Base Developer of observation:1. Student observation form. OHS-OCS PS 09/12 sampleforms.com
