Need Analysis Assignment

Need Analysis Assignment

 

HOMEWORK 4: NEEDS ANALYSIS

 

This assignment consists of two parts: (1) a pre-course needs analysis (which you actually conduct); and (2) a plan for a beginning-of-the course needs analysis.

 

 

Pre-course needs analysis

 

Prior to teaching any course, teachers must gather information about the backgrounds, needs, goals, interests, proficiency levels and attitudes/expectations of the types of students who will most likely be in their class.  This information will directly impact the goals and objectives you create for the class.

 

Possible sources of information (not exhaustive):

 

• Other teachers at the school where you plan on teaching (or at a similar school)
• Administrators from the school where you plan to teach (or a similar school)
• Staff
• Publications (peer-reviewed empirical research articles as well as non-peer-reviewed articles, including books)
• Interviews of students similar to the ones you’ll be teaching
• Interviews of parents of students similar to the ones you’ll be teaching
• Community organizations
• Questionnaires of students similar to the ones you’ll be teaching
• Syllabi of courses similar to the one you’ll be teaching
• Review of textbooks used in courses similar to the one you’ll be teaching
• Review of standards applicable to the students you’ll be teaching
• Observations of courses similar to the one you’ll be teaching
• Learner corpora
• Assessment results from students similar to the ones you’ll be teaching
• Language samples from students similar to the ones you’ll be teaching

 

For this assignment, you must do the following:

 

1. Identify the group you are interested in teaching.
2. Conduct a needs analysis that involves four or more of the sources above. NOTE: You cannot review 4 textbooks or look at 4 syllabi. You must have four or more different sources of information. None of the sources can be your “intuition” or personal opinions on the topic. You must consult external sources.
3. Write an approximately 5- to 7-page detailed analysis of what you found from each source.
   1. If you do an interview, provide detailed information on who you interviewed, the questions you asked, and what you found out.
   2. If you do a questionnaire, provide detailed information on who you gave the questionnaire to, put the questionnaire itself in an appendix, and discuss what you found out.
   3. If you review the literature (including textbooks), cite in APA each article you reviewed and discuss what you found out.
   4. If you do an observation, explain who you observed (plus where and when) and explain your observation protocol.
   5. If you look at learner corpora, assessment results, standards, and/or language samples, give detailed examples from each and discuss what you found out.
4. In your discussion/analysis, you must address each of the following:
   1. The students’ cultural and social background, including any other relevant biodata (e.g., age, gender).
   2. An evaluation of the students’ current linguistic proficiency in the target language, including both strengths and weaknesses.
   3. Students’ views. A discussion of the students’ own views regarding their reasons for learning the target language, the likely contexts where they will need to use the target language, their attitudes towards learning the target language, and their expectations regarding a class on the target language.
   4. Context analysis. A context analysis, which addresses the amount of opportunities the students have to use or be exposed to the target language, the general perceived importance of the target language in the society, community resources to support the curriculum, and the likely resources of the school (including time available for the lessons, materials available in the classrooms, number of students per class).

 

Suggestions: Review the powerpoints for Days 4 and 5, as well as the handouts and textbook readings.

 

 

Plan for beginning-of-course needs analysis

 

At the beginning of teaching any course, teachers must gather information about the particular students who have enrolled in their class. This information will help refine the goals and objectives the teacher has developed for the class.Need Analysis Assignment

 

Possible sources of information (not exhaustive):

 

• Questionnaires
• Interviews
• Activities
• Group discussions
• Self-assessment
• Teacher assessment

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NOTE:

 

1. This is just a plan of what you would do. You will not actually be conducting the beginning-of-course needs analysis. Explain what you would do, what information you hope to obtain, and what you would do with that information. You must have at least two sources of information, neither of which can be personal opinion.
2. This is approximately one to two pages.

 

 

Evaluation criteria

 

	Poor	Needs work	Good	Excellent
Number and quality of sources (pre-course needs analysis)	You have three or fewer sources, and/or one or more of the sources was personal opinion.			You have four or more external sources for your pre-course needs analysis.
Coverage (pre-course needs analysis)	You cover one or fewer of the areas.	You cover two of the four areas (background, proficiency, student views, context analysis).	You cover three of the four areas (background, proficiency, student views, context analysis), but some details or examples may be lacking.	You cover each of the four areas (background, proficiency, student views, context analysis).
Detail (pre-course needs analysis)	You have few details or examples to support your claims.	You have some details and examples to support your claims, but the different sources or coverage areas may be uneven.	For most sources of information and for most  coverage areas, you have detail and examples to support your claims.	For each source of information and for each  coverage area, you have ample detail and examples to support your claims.
Beginning-of-course planned needs analysis	You do not provide a coherent or detailed plan of your beginning-of-course needs analysis.	You provide a plan of your beginning-of-course needs analysis, which may involve only one source of information or may be severely lacking in detail.	You provide a plan of your beginning-of-course needs analysis, which involves at least two sources of information, but detail may be lacking.	You provide a detailed plan of your beginning-of-course needs analysis, which involves at least two sources of information.
Other: ·       DOUBLE SPACE ·       12 point font ·       Grammatical ·       Organized	The student does one or more of the following: ·       Does not double space ·       Does not use 12 point font ·       Has grammatical errors ·       Has unorganized writing			The student double spaces the document, uses 12 point font, and has grammatical and organized writing

 

Total: 100 points

 

Need Analysis Assignment