Needs analysis and the three areas of controversies in EAP

Mohd Basari, Shahrul Nizam (2021) Needs analysis and the three areas of controversies in EAP. In: The 2nd Malaysian Association of Applied Linguistics International Conference (MAALIC 2021), 8-10 September 2021, Malaysia.

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Abstract

Juxtaposing needs analysis with rights analysis has been an alternative approach in employing needs analysis in EAP (Benesch, 1999, 2001). On a different note, Hyland (2006) proposes that EAP can be related to three areas of controversies: 1) the two approaches in EAP – EGAP and ESAP; 2) the approaches in the teaching of student writing – the study skills, academic socialisation and academic literacies models; and 3) the pragmatic and critical perspectives of EAP. Considering the central position of needs analysis in EAP, it is deemed necessary to situate rights analysis and needs analysis in the discussion of these three areas of controversies. This paper attempts to establish a clear picture of how the three areas are interconnected and interrelated, and how their concepts and ideologies are related to needs analysis and rights analysis. The outcome of this discussion is hoped to give the EAP practitioners a better understanding particularly on the less chartered areas in needs analysis and EAP.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Plenary Papers)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Needs analysis; rights analysis, English for Academic Purposes (EAP); English for General Academic Purposes (EGAP); English for Specific Academic Purposes (ESAP); L2 (second language)
Subjects:	P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Languages and Management
Depositing User:	Dr Shahrul Nizam Mohd Basari
Date Deposited:	22 Mar 2022 16:37
Last Modified:	22 Mar 2022 16:37
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/97258

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