CONDUCTING ESP LESSONS BASED ON NEEDS ANALYSIS

<div>In this paper we elaborate on the use of needs analysis in the development</div> <div>and delivery of English for Specific Purposes (ESP). ESP has its goal in equipping a</div> <div>learner with the required English skills necessary to a particular profession or an</div> <div>academic discipline. The importance of placing the learners’ languages,</div> <div>communicative, and contextual needs towards the center stage is analyzed. This will</div> <div>consequently make the relevant teaching materials more applicable and useful. The</div> <div>author presents several ways of gathering data for needs analysis including surveys,</div> <div>interviews, and even corpus analysis and observations. The techniques of using</div> <div>authentic materials such as task-based and targeted skills lessons are some of the</div> <div>other factors of lesson planning which are examined. Some of the problems, such as</div> <div>learner profile differences, limited resources, and teacher proficiency, are also noted.</div> <div>It is noted that needs analysis helps to construct effective and useful ESP courses and</div> <div>identifies several important directions for further research, particularly in the area of</div> <div>technology-enhanced ESP instruction and the possibility for cross-departmental</div> <div>cooperation.</div>