NEEDS ANALYSIS

NEEDS ANALYSIS

1. Parameters necessary to perform successful needs analysis

   • Basic steps
     • Making Basic decisions about the needs abalysis
       • People involved
         • Target group: Students in a program (sometimes teachers and/or administrators are also targeted)
         • AUDIENCE: encompass all people who will eventually be required: Teachers, teachers aides, program administrators, and any governingbodies
     • Gathering information
     • Using the information

2. Informal sources for infomarl needs

   • Proficiency test, questionnaire (How and when"previous training"), and impressions from teachers and students interviews

3. In formal terms.

   • Is defined by Richards, Plat, and Weber as
     • "The process of determining the NEEDS for which a learner or group requires a language and arranging the needs according to PRIORITIES"
       • Use objective and subjective information.
   • Nelson
     • "The process of determining the things thta are necessary or useful for the fulfillment of a defensible purpose"
   • Pratt
     • Needs assessment refers to an array of procedures for identifying and validating needs and establishing priorities among them
   • Needs analysis and needs assessment
     • Refers to the systematic collection and analysis of all subjective and objective information necessary to define and validate defensible curriculum purposes that satisfy the LL requirements of students within the context of a particular institution that influence the learning and teaching situation