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-Language is a fundamental part of expressing everything we want and being able to communicate with each other.

-English is one of the most used and important languages in the world and indispensable in the education.

- Nowadays it is recommended to study another language as it has innumerable advantages in both professional and personal life.

-There has been an increased interest in learning English, however, many people say that it is very complicated as it requires the development of linguistic and personal skills.

-Learning English means access to much more information than you can ever get to know in a single language alone.

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- Self-ratings: where the students can assess their competence by themselves
- Interviews where the designer can get clear understanfding about the topic before to prepare the questions.
- Meetings, it permits to collect a lot information in short time
-Observation where the students' attitude is observed
-Task analysis based on students' responses-
- Collecting learner samples: we can use role plays, written or oral tests to evaluate students' performance, competence and attitude in diferent domain of langauge use.
- Task analysis where the students are given many tasks focused on future situations.
- Case studies, were a single student or a selected group can be evaluated.
- Analysis of avaliable information, relevant information as book, reports, surveys, journal articles records and files.

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During the data collection from several resources you can find different kinds of needs such as:
- Learners 'view wihch in many cases need more individual support, reduction of the academic activities in class or at home.

Teachers ' view or different strategies used to develop learner's skills or maybe for teaching grammar.

- The information obtained will be use to:
- Evaluate the previous curriculum or program.
- Planning goals or objectives for a future program.
- Better the development of tesis or assessment.
- Develop teaching materials to improve the academic process.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wePut0cfzA

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Using Assessment and Evaluation Strategies to Support Students

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Educational practice needs to improve the efficient manner that is the first step in curriculum development.

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1.To know the interests and background of the students.
2. To diagnose the presence of a gap between students and educators about the process of learning a second language.
3. To motivate students to their true goals for learning a second language.
4. To close the gap of student performance to be satisfied with their learning practice.
5.  To help teachers select, create, and apply useful tools to improve the learning process.

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When should teachers conduct a needs analysis process?

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When should teachers conduct a needs analysis process?

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It should be done at the beginning of a course, program or academic activity, since it is necessary to know the type of motivation that students have and their learning styles.

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-Definition of purpose
-Delimitation of the student population for collecting data

This process requires the training of teachers to follow the appropriate steps to close the gap between student and learning performance.

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*Target-situation analysis looks for information on the language requirements learners face while learning a specific language.

*Deficiency analysis accounts for  learner's present needs and wants as well as their target situation shortages.

*Learning-oriented analyses regards the needs as to be negotiated between students and other stakeholders.