Need Analysis on Writing Skill: What Do The Students Really Need for Writing Course?

Abstract

This study aims to investigate the needs of students in writing skills. In particular, this research attempts to explore the present situation, the target, and the learning needs for the writing course. Need analysis is conducted for deciding the goals and the objectives of the upcoming curriculum and for ensuring that the curriculum content ties the students’ needs. A descriptive method was employed in this study. A questionnaire was used for collecting the data which then analyzed and described qualitatively. The respondents of this research were 176 students of English Education Department students who are mostly in the second semester. The results show that; firstly, in the present situation analysis, most of the students admitted that they were in the intermediate level of English; specifically, most of them have fair proficiency in writing. Next, in the target situation analysis, writing skill is the secondary need of the students in which grammar is the most priority needed by the students to be improved. Next, the students’ purposes in learning English are to be a teacher/lecturer, translator, and tourism guide. Most of the students are more enjoyable for learning in the classroom that should be consisted of not more than 30 students. Thirdly, in the learning needs analysis, the students were interested to learn writing using discussion. For doing the writing task, the students require to have individual work. The learning media that is the most needed is PowerPoint presentation. In addition, the most important learning source that the students need is a hand-out and the topics of the material are about issues in Indonesia. Finally, the results of this research are expected to contribute to the curriculum development at the English Education Department of UIN SAIZU.

Utilizing Needs Analysis to Explore Indonesian Senior High School Students’ Needs in Writing Analytical Exposition

“…The target situation analysis is related to the roles of students and their language abilities as well as the level of understanding necessary for writing analytical exposition text. The questionnaire was adopted from Sabarun (2019), andMa'rufah et al (2021) and consisted of two parts.…”

“…In addition, needs analysis can also serve as a means of identifying the challenges that students face during the process of learning, as well as their perspectives on the dynamics of learning and teaching within the classroom setting (Richards, 2015). Several studies have demonstrated the advantages of employing needs analysis in the writing classroom, particularly within the Indonesian context (Ilham et al, 2020;Ma'rufah et al, 2021;Sabarun, 2019;Sakkir et al, 2021). However, it is worth noting that although past research has highlighted the benefits of needs analysis, these studies have primarily concentrated on the use of needs analysis inside university settings, with a specific emphasis on enhancing the general writing skills of undergraduate students.…”

Online peer assessment in paragraph writing its implementation and students’ constraints

“…However, many students have limited opportunities to acquire proficient writing skills. A study by Ma'rufah, Muflihah and Awaliyah (2021) showed that most new students at the English Education Department of the State Islamic Institute of Purwokerto demonstrated limited, poor abilities when it comes to their writing skills. This could be attributed to the lack of training in writing before entering college (Keong & Mussa, 2015).…”

Needs Analysis of Project-Based Learning Model in Writing Paragraphs from EFL Students’ Perspectives

“…A number of research studies show that need analysis helps teachers prepare materials appropriately (Albashir Jamoom, 2021;Ilham et al, 2020;Ma'rufah et al, 2021;Padmadewi et al, 2023;Sakkir et al, 2021). Sakkir (2021), for example, the study found that need analysis is the basis of developing a module for Facebook-based writing instructional courses, in order to make the material related to students' needs.…”