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Needs analysis, involving the identification and evaluation of needs, is a tool for decision making in the human services and education. Decisions can be varied, including such as resource allocation, grant funding, and planning. In other words, needs assessment is a process of evaluating the problems and solutions identified for a target population. In this process, it emphasizes the importance and relevance of the problems and solutions.

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Acoording to (1988), a needs analysis contains the following three elements:
- An analysis of the learn´s language.
-Information about the learner.
- Beliefs about the learning process.

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- Previous experiences and background.
-Motivation.
-Availability.
-Areas for improvement.
-Need for improvement.
-Needs and wants.
-Level.
-Belifs about the learning. process

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- An analysis of the learners language
-Information about the learner
-Beliefs about the learning process

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-To inform the teachers planning desicions .
-Explain the mixed-level situation to the students and give a list of possible approaches to the teaching and learning. In pairs, the students rank the approaches/ideas according to their suitability for the situation.

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When evaluate student´s needs and preferences in learning?

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When evaluate student´s needs and preferences in learning?

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-Before of course
-The first day of the course
-Every activity / lesson

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Nowadays more and more people decide to study a new language.
As they include:
children, young, and adults who seek different objectives.
Their purposes may vary from academic, professional, occupational, or because some have a marriage to speakers of different languages than their mother tongue.

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Students are interested in learning English as a second or foreign language, especially those who want to study in foreign countries. However, for many students understanding and speaking the English language is very difficult due to the different experiences they have had in this academic process.

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Therefore, carrying out an analysis of the student's needs and preferences helps teachers to implement the best strategy so that they feel comfortable while learning English and also achieve the desired results.

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Step 1: Determinate the desired level performance
Step 2: Determinate the current level of performance
Step 3: Determinate the cause of the performance gap.

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It can be determined by making use of:

Self-assessments

Interviews

Meetings

Observation

Task analysis

Collection of samples of the student's language

Task analysis

Task studies

Data analysis

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West, R. (1994). Needs analysis in language teaching. Language teaching, 27(1), 1-19.
Slade T. (2018, September 14). How to Conduct a Needs Analysis. Recovered from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gIpE8kxFPk
Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE. Sistema Virtual de Educación (2021). Theme 2: Needs Analysis and Preferences. Recovered from: https://evirtual.espe.edu.ec/programas_scorm.cgi?id_curso=19167&id_unidad=211626&id_pkg=50147&wAccion=ver_scos

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- Previous experiences and background.
-Motivation.
-Availability.
-Areas for improvement.
-Need for improvement.
-Needs and wants.
-Level.
-Belifs about the learning. process

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Needs analysis, involving the identification and evaluation of needs, is a tool for decision making in the human services and education. Decisions can be varied, including such as resource allocation, grant funding, and planning. In other words, needs assessment is a process of evaluating the problems and solutions identified for a target population. In this process, it emphasizes the importance and relevance of the problems and solutions.