Analysing Language Needs in Large Organizations  

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Coleman, Hywel

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: English for Specific Purposes (Full Text) vol. 7 no. 3 (1988), page 155 - 170.
Fulltext: 07_03_Coleman.pdf (1.14MB)

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Perpustakaan PKBB Nomor Panggil: 405/ESP/7 Non-tandon: tidak ada Tandon: 1

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Munby's approach to the analysis of learners' needs is considered. Two assumptions underlie this approach: that the identity of the learners is not problematic, and that there is a one-to-one relationship between the identification of needs and ways of satisfying them. This paper questions the validity of these assumptions -particularly in large organizations -by reporting a case study in one such large organization, a university in Indonesia. A composite picture of the condition of English in the university is developed. The university comprises many organizational units which fit together in a complex web. In time, members of some units become members of other units. Thus the units interact with each other not only on a synchronic dimension but diachronically as well, and consequently an accurate description for needs analysis purposes must be both complex and dynamic. The paper concludes with comments on the implications which this has for the performance of needs analysis in large organizations. It is proposed that a two-stage needs analysis may be appropriate. The first stage would reveal the complexity and dynamism of the organization and then, at the second stage, attention would be paid to the specific needs of the organization's constituent units.

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