Introducing Needs Analysis and English for Specific Purposes

Clear and accessible, Introducing Needs Analysis and English for Specific Purposes takes a jargon-free approach to introducing this area and provides a step-by-step guide to such issues as defining needs analysis in English for specific purposes; collecting and analysing ESP needs analysis data; determining student learning outcomes; and writing a needs analysis report. Incoporating personal reflection exercises, tasks, and examples from a range of contexts, Introducing Needs Analysis and English for Specific Purposes is a must-read for students studying this course on MAs in English for Specifics Purposes; Applied Linguistics; TESOL and Education.

Introducing Needs Analysis and English for Specific Purposes is a clear and accessible guide to the theoretical background and practical tools needed for this early stage of curriculum development in ESP. Beginning with definitions of needs analysis and ESP, this book takes a jargon-free approach which leads the reader step-by-step through the process of performing a needs analysis in ESP, including:

• how to focus a needs analysis according to the course and student level;
• the selection and sequencing of a wide variety of data collection procedures;
• analysis and interpretation of needs analysis data in order to write reports and determine Student Learning Outcomes;
• personal reflection exercises and examples of real-world applications of needs analysis in ESP.

Introducing Needs Analysis and English for Specific Purposes is essential reading for pre-service and in-service teachers, and students studying English for Specific Purposes, Applied Linguistics, TESOL and Education.