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learners. All of them must relate with students to learn about English in ESP.
the syllabus and curriculum also. Besides that, the teacher must know
about for whom the students will do
If the syllabus or curriculum not interaction in ESP itself. This is useful
related with the target learners, the to make students can do interaction with
teacher can design the syllabus and the others person that relate with the
curriculum independently. The teacher situation from language target. Here, the
must do analyze their students need, students will ability to take words
like: observation, question answer, and depends on target and situation from
interview for their students. It is make target language.
the teacher know about their students
need in learning process. So, the teacher Not only that, the teacher must
can choose the material that relevant identify their students in order to the
with the target learners itself. teacher can choose the best material for
their students. So, if the all of
According to Hutchinson and information from their students has
Waters, (1992) defines that need been clearly. The teacher will get easy
analysis is on the basis of necessities to give the material based on data that
and wants in order to classify between the teacher found. This is can make
what the learners have to know and learning process become running well.
what the learners feel they need to
know. The meaning is doing analyze As we know, there are two parts
that involved feels, and the learners of need analysis in ESP. The first one is
want to know. Here, the teacher has to search information from students. In
ability to analyze about what the this part, the teacher analyzes all of
students want to know and what the information that target needed with
students feel to know about the lesson collect informations from their
that will give by the teacher. So, the students. The information can get from
teacher should be ability to give the interview their students, do observation,
students need based on their purpose to and give question from their students.
learn about English in ESP, especially So, the students will know about what
on vocational school. will they received while learning
process.
According to Iwai et al, (1999)
describe that need analysis is the The second one is collecting
activities that are involved in collecting data. There are:
information that will serve as the basis 1. Students or learners
for developing a curriculum that will 2. Teacher
meet the needs of a particular group of 3. Material
students. It means that, doing analysis to 4. Assessment
collect the information from their 5. Evaluation
students. For example: the reason their 6. Strategy
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7. Learning process C. CONCLUSION
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(Ed). Teaching English as a
second or foreign language
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Heinle.