Information collection & exchange

 Materials 
Once again, your head of department or school director will probably be the most useful in answering the 
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are used in the school? When were they published? When did the 
school obtain these books'! 
lish books in the library? If so, what sort of books are they? Simplified novels? Technical 
texts? 
ds for use in English lessons? 
7. If not, would you like me to see if such gifts or loans are possible to arrange? 
8. Are funds available to buy more materials? 
9. How does the procurement system work in the school? 
10. Do you have any photocopying or stenciling facilities? Can I use these facilities? Are there any 
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urrent level of English? 
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spoken English. Or a group of medical technicians 
may decide that they want English classes in order to understand the spoken English of expatriate doctors. 
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or your job? 
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careful while you are asking these questions. If you think that you are coming across a
rmation you want gradually during your first few weeks on the job. 
owing questions about the school's English language materials. 
1. What English language textbooks
2. Are there Eng
3. Are there tapes, films and visual ai
4. Does the Government supply hooks'! Or do students have to pay for their books? 
5. Do students share textbooks?
6. Does the school receive gifts or loans of books from organizations such as the United States 
Information Service? 
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 ASSESSING NEEDS OUTS
r those of you conducting a needs assessment outside of a school system, you will be looking for the 
owing information: 
1. Why do your students want to learn English? What tasks do they hope to accomplish with the English 
they will be learning? 
2. What is their c
ecific answers to the first questions will help you meet the needs of your students. For example, prompted 
your questions, an engineer may come to realize that he needs English to read articles on engineering, 
d that he has little need to speak or even understand
u can get at some of this information by asking the following kinds of questions: 
1. Do you need English f

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2. How many hours a week do you use English? 
3. When was the last time you spoke English on the job? What were the circumstances? 
last time you had to understand spoken English on the job? What were the 
circumstances'' 
t time you read English on the job? What were the circumstances? 
n was the last time you wrote English on the job? What were the circumstances? 
. Do you think that knowing English increases chances of getting promoted? 
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