Literacy Syllabus Evaluation through Needs Analysis of English for Specific Purposes

Abstract

With its unique and progressive approach on education, Green School High School Literacy Syllabus shall be evaluated from an ESP perspective and there is currently no research about it. The aim of this study is to find out what language skills the students think they need and help determine if the existing syllabus at Green School has adequately addressed the needs using qualitative-quantitative methods. Through questionnaires, this study uses Hutchinson-Water's theory of target needs and learning needs. After careful evaluation, the findings suggest that the syllabus has not addressed the Needs sufficiently. Out of 86 subskills, there are only 38 subskills addressed sufficiently. In this context-specific study, there are several implications to be drawn.

Exploring needs analysis of English language training: An evidence from small hotel and restaurant employees in Nusa Lembongan, Bali, Indonesia

“…This is the process of determining what and how the course will work and as a means to identify the ESP courses the learners need (Dudley-Evans & St. John, 1998). The need can refer to what students want to get from a language course implying that students have a desire, personal goals, and the requirements of their studies or work (Chen et al, 2016, Putri & Indrawati, 2019. To put simply, needs analysis involves finding out what participants know and can do, and considers what they need to learn or do (Berwick, 1989).…”