Category Archives: Needs analysis

22 needs analysis and instant personalised practice activities (TEFLtastic classics Part 48)

Posted on 05/01/2022 by alexcase

Back when I was studying to teach English for Business for the first time, what I most appreciated and gained from were lessons on doing needs analysis and on planning first lessons that cover things that most students are likely … Continue reading →

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Extreme needs-based teaching!

Posted on 02/12/2013 by alexcase

I’ve been doing this for a while in one-to-one classes, but took me a while to come up with a worksheet for group classes to elicit and practise what students need in the very first lesson, even when those needs … Continue reading →

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What we really should ask in level checks and needs analysis

Posted on 30/08/2011 by alexcase

What is your motivation for studying English? • too much free time • to date or marry a foreigner • to date fellow students • to save money on air conditioning/ heating • to get revenge on your boss by … Continue reading →

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Needs analysis TEFLtastic style(s)

Posted on 22/09/2010 by alexcase

Updated full list of my worksheets and articles on the topic here:

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When needs analysis goes wrong

Posted on 21/02/2010 by alexcase

I don’t mean when they find nothing to say about their needs (I’ve got it set up so that it’s useful as a language task even when it is not as a needs analysis). What I’m talking about here is … Continue reading →

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Exploding baths and English teaching

Posted on 26/06/2007 by alexcase

Don’t know if the exploding posh hot springs resort in Shibuya (of 8 directions at once crossing and Lost in Translation karaoke fame) made the news abroad. It was another quiet news day in Japan (apparently news of Africa cannot … Continue reading →

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X in the classroom

Posted on 19/06/2007 by alexcase

Teaching (college student) teenagers again despite my best efforts to avoid it, there is one factor in the classroom that stands out more than other kinds of classes and, subtly or sometimes not so subtly, affects the classroom dynamic of … Continue reading →

Posted in English for study abroad, IELTS, Lesson observations, Needs analysis, slang, Teaching shy students, Teaching teenagers, TEFL, TESOL | 20 Comments