Why Needs Analysis?

Experiences tell us that different approaches work best within various, distinctive contexts and conditions, determined and driven by meaningful plans. So to say, it would sound too obvious and negatively light as process activated recklessly without featuring users' significance in that sphere. With all the respects, both learners and teachers could not experience the taste and beauty of the climax as much resources and effort have been invested.

Most modern classrooms are preferred to be a theater or a forum that everyone can experience equal chances of letting go their opinions. Drill a little deeper; don't you think that would be a kind of high risk of wasting time as too much of such activities are overspent? Maybe you and I as teachers need to direct our imagination a little bit. May be there are other ways round that lead us to deliver messages of any contents efficiently. Let's consider of analyzing needs as we try our feet into students' shoes.

To be clear of my stand, I am not by any means against friendly/open style of teaching. I am just vigilant of the quality of learning that our students would absorb. Now, in the most common ways of thinking--as many teachers do--students bring different different sizes and capacity of input into classrooms. To such aspects, we teachers may need to be alert of our teaching strategies.

Clearly, we fully understand that students come to school with different assets and needs. Let's get down into students' assets. Genders, races, cultures, family, ethnicity, and background understanding must be brought up into discussion among teachers. Without further analysis over psychoanalysis, these factors are quite enough to underpin students' interest, needs and vision in learning.

Now, here is the most an interesting part of discussion we should deal with; it's called "STUDENTS' NEEDS." Truism in learning is that students are not meant to determine what they need to learn, especially in GEP compound. It is quite a wise ideal to let students clarify what they WANT to be or to do. However, to go further, it's left up to us as teachers, curriculum designers or education experts. WANTs are tools to enforce goal, not much into solidifying processes. To end this post, I can't leave without advising that teachers, especially, need to be curious about procedures of teaching they are designing. Employing ESP approaches into dissecting activities is highly recommended. Never forget to explain every objective of each learning lesson.

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