Needs Analysis: An Innovation in the Language Classroom in China
1. INTRODUCTION
Teaching primary students in an EFL context, the differential language 英语论文网proficiency levels of students has been one of the obstacles I came across when planning teaching. This essay opens with an introduction of needs analysis as an innovative solution to tackle the difficulty in syllabus designing as well as lesson planning in my own context. The following part presents how to exploit needs analysis. The procedures of implementation then lead to the investigation of the rationale of needs analysis. The final part outlines the implication as well as suggestions of exploiting needs analysis in the pedagogical field in my teaching context.
2. OUTLINE OF THE USE OF NEEDS ANALYSIS
3. RATIONALE OF NEEDS ANALYSIS: FROM DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE OF LEARNING TO DIFFERENT APPROACHES AND FOCI
4. IMPLICATION ON PEDAGOGY
5. CONCLUSION
In this essay, needs analysis is introduced as a way to tackle the difficulty I encountered when managing course design for learners with different proficiency levels. By the implementation of needs analysis, the curriculum structure and teaching/learning patterns can have greater flexibility which allows both teachers’ and learners’ voices to be included in the process. It is this flexibility needs analysis brings to the language curriculum that propels me to adopt it in my teaching context. With careful implementation, I do expect needs analysis to have potential to facilitate a more effective language course as Richards (1984) suggests.
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