NEEDS ANALYSIS

NEEDS ANALYSIS

1. Curriculum planners must make fundamental decisions

   • Who will be involved in the needs analysis
     • The target group
     • The audience
     • The needs analyst
     • The resource group
   • What type of information should be gathered
     • Depending on programms and individuals personalities (learning styles)
       • Discrepancy philosophy
       • Democratic philosophy
       • Diagnostic philosophy
       • Analytic philosophy
   • Which points of views should be taken
     • situation needs vs language needs
     • Objective needs vs Subective needs
     • Linguistic content vs learning process

2. Is nessesary to seek information on

   • The situation in which langueage would be used.
   • The objectives and purposes of teaching the language
   • The type of comunication that will be used (written, spoken, formal, informal)
   • The level of proficiency that will be required

3. Potential tools

   • Existing information, test, observations, interviews, meetings, and questionnaries