Second language needs analysis
By: edited by Michael H. Long.
Contributors: Long, Michael H.
Series: The Cambridge applied linguistics series
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 374
Subjects: Language and languages -- Study and teaching; Needs assessment
Description: "No language teaching program should be designed without a thorough analysis of the students' needs. The studies in this volume explore Needs Analysis in the public, vocational and academic sectors, in contexts ranging from service encounters in coffee shops to foreign language needs assessment in the U.S. military." "In each chapter, the authors explicitly discuss the methodology they employed, and in some cases also offer research findings on that methodology. Several studies are task-based, making the collection of special interest to those involved in task-based language teaching. Contributions include work on English and other languages in both second and foreign language settings, as well as a comprehensive overview of methodological issues in Needs Analysis by the editor."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Methodological issues in learner needs analysis / Michael H. Long; title: Language needs analysis at the societal level / Richard D. Brecht & William. P. Rivers; title: Foreign language needs assessment in the US military / John A. Lett; title: Sources, methods, and triangulation in needs analysis : a critical perspective in a case study of Waikiki hotel maids / Rebeca Jasso-Aguilar; title: Foreign language need of business firms / Sonja Vandermeeren; title: Evaluating the use of multiple sources and methods in needs analysis : a case study of journalists in the autonomous community of Catalonia (Spain) / Roger Gilabert; title: "Feet speak louder than the tongue" : a preliminary analysis of language provisions for foreign professional footballers in the Netherlands / Eric Kellerman, Hella Koonen, & Monique van der Haagen; title: A task-based needs analysis of a tertiary Korean as a foreign language program / Craig Chaudron ... [et al.]; title: Collecting target discourse : the case of the US naturalization interview / Michelle Winn; title: A double shot 2% mocha latte, please, with whip : service encounters in two coffee shops and at a coffee cart / Nicola J. Downey Bartlett; title: When small talk is a big deal : sociolinguistic challenges in the workplace / Janet Holmes.