Needs Analysis and Curriculum Development in EAP: An Example of a Critical Approach.

Benesch, Sarah

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ERIC Number: EJ537722

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Publication Date: 1996

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Needs Analysis and Curriculum Development in EAP: An Example of a Critical Approach.

Benesch, Sarah

TESOL Quarterly, v30 n4 p723-38 Win 1996

Argues that the current approach to needs analysis research in English for academic purposes (EAP) needs to be replaced with critical needs analysis that views the target situation as an opportunity for curriculum development. The article concludes that EAP classes can be agents for social change. (26 references) (Author/CK)

Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Students, Context Effect, Course Content, Criticism, Curriculum Development, English for Academic Purposes, Needs Assessment, Second Language Instruction, Social Change, Sociology, Student Needs

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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