Clear and accessible, Introducing Needs Analysis and English for Specific Purposes takes a jargon-free approach to introducing this area and provides a step-by-step guide to such issues as defining needs analysis in English for specific purposes; collecting and analysing ESP needs analysis data; determining student learning outcomes; and writing a needs analysis report. Incoporating personal reflection exercises, tasks, and examples from a range of contexts, Introducing Needs Analysis and English for Specific Purposes is a must-read for students studying this course on MAs in English for Specifics Purposes; Applied Linguistics; TESOL and Education.

Section One - Getting ready to do an ESP Needs Analysis1. Defining needs analysis in English for specific purposes (ESP)
2. Focusing the ESP needs analysis
3. Selecting and sequencing ESP needs analysis data collection procedures

Section Two - Doing the ESP Needs Analysis
4. Collecting ESP needs analysis data
5. Analyzing and Interpreting ESP needs analysis data

Section Three - Using the Needs Analysis results
6. Using the NA results in the rest of the ESP curriculum
7. Reporting on the ESP needs analysis project

James Dean Brown is Professor in the Department of Second Language Studies at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. He has spoken and taught courses in places ranging from Brazil to Yugoslavia, and has published numerous articles and books on language testing, curriculum design, program evaluation, and research methods.