The Importance of Needs Analysis in Materials Development

There is an issue which can be the subject of a further research that is: most learners of EFL do not actually have any needs at all. They are learning English because they have to rather than because they want or need to. This is particularly true of young learners, who are not going to need to communicate in English for many years to come (if at all). In such cases, the teacher is unlikely to be able to create much intrinsic motivation to learn English in general but can create the need in an engaging classroom task in which the students need to find a way of communicating in English in order to successfully complete the task. This can lead to readiness for acquisition provided the students are motivated by the teacher to read extensively as well. Thus, there should be more place for needs analysis because when we do not run the first principle to create and produce better materials, the rest will always be under great doubt. Every new teacher should consider starting their year applying needs analysis in small scales and then decide what the best is for themselves and their learners

Needs Analysis of Blind Students in Teaching Practice Program

As an inclusive university, Brawijaya University has accepted students with special needs in some differentstudy programs. Two of those are blind / visually impaired students who enrol English Language EducationStudy Program in which the program prepares the students to be English teachers. As a consequence, thestudents must be ready to do teaching practice in a public school when they are in the seventh semester. Thisstudy is going to find out the problems of the visually impaired students in conducting teaching practice in theschool. It also elaborates the teaching media and method that they need to support them to do teachingpractice. The method used in this study is descriptive qualitative. To get the data, the researchers interviewthe visual impairments, the two volunteers who become their peer assistant them during learning process inthe university, and the lecturer who becomes the advisor of the visually impaired students. Besides,observation is also important to know the application of teaching practice in their real class. The observationis done by recording the teaching activity conducted by the visually impaired students. The results of theinterview and the observation are used to formulate the needs of the visually impaired students in teachingprocess in the real school. This study gives benefit not only for the students in preparing their teachingpractice, but also for the institution to accommodate the needs of the visually impaired students for theirteaching process

Training Needs Analysis for Non-gazetted Police Personnel: an Empirical Study of Commissionerate Police in Odisha

A Training Needs Analysis (TNA) is used to assess an organization's training needs. The root of the TNA is the gap analysis. This is an assessment of the gap between the KSA components that the people in the organization currently possess and the KSA that they require to meet the organization's objectives. The training needs assessment is best conducted up front before training solutions are budgeted, designed and delivered. Professional policing promotes the rule of law and can support economic growth and improve the lives of the poor by protecting them from crime. The police personnel has a vital role in a parliamentary democracy. The society perceives them as custodians of law and order and providing safety and security to all. This essentially involves continuous police-public interface. In India, the police are often perceived as corrupt, ineffective and brutal, stemming from a plethora of systemic, organizational and behavioral challenges. Officers themselves report feeling unsatisfied, overworked and neglected by the system. The recommendations of the National Police Commission (1977-81) have suggested several measures to improve the standard of policing; however, seldom have they been implemented by successive governments. In the present study, four objectives have been formulated

Children with special educational needs: an analysis. 2012

This is an annual publication which draws together data from a number of key public data sets and supports the Government’s commitment to make information publicly available in a transparent way. It presents information at national and local levels about the characteristics and attainment of pupils with special educational needs

Agribusiness higher education development – training needs analysis

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Esp Needs Analysis for Midwifery Students: a Learner Centered Approach

English as the International language has affected many domains of life and society. The midwiferylearners in STIKes Prima had previous experiences of learning English for about six years. Still theirlevel of proficiency in English was not so good. The purpose of this study is to find out the needs andwants required for effective professional communication in English writing and speaking proficiencyfor midwifery students at STIKes Prima, Jambi. The study attempts to investigate the needs ofstudents, analyses the existing teacher content and pedagogical knowledge and finally suggest tocompromise with the learner demands in terms of the context situations and other barriers. To do sothe subjects were invited to provide their opinions through a set of questionnaire containing 20 closeended questions. From the study result, the ESP course should include problem solution based pairand group works, mandatory use of target language in class, prompt and preparatory classpresentations, dialoguesrelated to the clinical history and medical situation, instructions, telephoneconversations, procedures description and viva voce in addition to writing may be introduced. Forselection of course materials an instructor should consult different sources. The design of coursematerials will depend on the instructor‟s discretion on the basis of learners‟ needs. The courseteachers should deliver the instructional materials not only face to face, but also using Internet andmultimedia presentations with sound system. Hopefully based on this finding, ESP needs analysis willperhaps contribute greatly to the development of midwifery students‟ English proficiency in writing andspeaking

Tailoring the curriculum to fit students’ needs: Designing and improving a language course at Dhaka University - Bangladesh

The assessment of students’ language needs is a crucial pre-requisite in EAP (English for Academic purposes) curriculum development. Effective needs analysis leads to the specification of objectives for a course at the same time considering the available resources and existing constraints. This leads to curriculum design and choice of methodology, which is implemented through appropriately selected teaching materials. This paper presents the findings of a research study undertaken at the Business Studies Faculty of Dhaka University. A needs analysis was conducted on ninety students of three departments of the Business Studies Faculty to assess their English language needs. A corresponding needs analysis was conducted on faculty members to find out their perceptions of their students’ English language needs. Several procedures, namely questionnaires, interviews and classroom observations, were used to gather information about the objective needs of the students and teaching staff. Analysis of the findings of this needs analysis revealed that some perceptions of the two groups converged to some extent but there was also some incongruency that needed to be addressed. The EAP course that was being used was evaluated in order to negotiate a more effective curriculum that would address the needs of all the stakeholders involved

Needs Analysis in Human Resource Information Technology

By looking at the growing market for information technology software, hardware andprofessional Jada from the year 1992 - 1995 is increasing from a total of 520 millionU.S. dollars - 752 million U.S. dollars, and to see the development of marketcomposition per sector of industry generally, Distribution, Production, and of thefinancial year 1992 - 1995, also increased the 520 million-720 million U.S. dollars toU.S. dollars then it can certainly be a lot of human beings needed to master the fieldof information technology in line with the needs of professionals in information onvarious industrial sectors in accordance with market labor.Improvement of the need for human resources could also look at the projections ofthe need for human resources in the field of information technology from 1992 - 2020the next. from these projections could see how the book of human resource needs inthe field of information technology is always increasing