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The document outlines the concept of target needs in language learning, highlighting the distinctions between needs, wants, and lacks. It provides examples of specific groups, such as nurses from Brazil and a student named Alex studying agriculture, to illustrate the gap between existing and target proficiencies. Additionally, it discusses methods for gathering information about target needs through questionnaires, interviews, and observations.

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group-7

The document outlines the concept of target needs in language learning, highlighting the distinctions between needs, wants, and lacks. It provides examples of specific groups, such as nurses from Brazil and a student named Alex studying agriculture, to illustrate the gap between existing and target proficiencies. Additionally, it discusses methods for gathering information about target needs through questionnaires, interviews, and observations.

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MAKE IT WITH YOU

NEEDS WANTS LACKS


NEEDS
ANALYSIS
GROUP 7
WHAT ARE
TARGET NEEDS?
Refers to the specific skills, knowledge,
competencies that learners or individual
must acquire to achieve a particular goal
NECESSITIES

The type of need determined by the demands of


the target situation.
LACKS
The gap between the target
proficiency and the existing
proficiency. (Hutchinson,
Waters and Breen 1979)
A group of nurses from Brazil who
are coming to the United States
to work in a hospital need an ESP
course.
Target Existing
Proficiency Proficiency

Understand
Basic English
doctors
Fast speech
instructions
Complex
Talk to patients
reading/writing
Writing notes
Reading charts
Lacks
Medical 03
Fluent medical
01
terminology conversation

Patient Medical text and


02 documentation 04 spoken English
writing comprehension
"WANTS"
WANTS

refer to the learners' personal perceptions of


what they need in their English learning.
ALEX WHO IS STUDYING IN
AGRICULTURE

Expected to learn English for scientific


reports, research papers, and technical
discussions.

NECESSITIES
ALEX WHO IS STUDYING IN
AGRICULTURE

She is not confident with her writing skill.

LACKS
ALEX WHO IS STUDYING IN
AGRICULTURE

The truth is, Alex really wanted to become a


doctor. Agriculture is only her second option.

WANTS
1. The Objective View – What teachers,
course designers, and schools believe
students need.
2. The Subjective View – What students
themselves think they need."

WANTS
GATHERING
INFORMATION
ABOUT TARGET
NEEDS
HOW TO GATHER INFORMATION?

QUESTIONNAIRES
INTERVIEW
OBSERVATION
TARGET
SITUATION
ANALYSIS
FRAMEWORK
FILL IN THE
BLANK
WEIRD EDITION
________, ngano, bakit?

WHY
is the language needed?
_____, ____, De Karabao

HOW
will the language be used?
Huh? Ha? Haplas

WHAT
will the content areas be?
Huhuhuhuhuh

WHO
will the learner use the language with?
Guard, Gate, ______?

WHERE
-will the language be used?
____ ka makauyab?

WHEN
-will the language be used?
THANK YOU!

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