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Beyond Needs Analysis: Soft Systems Methodology for Meaningful Collaboration in EAP Course Design
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Tajino, Akira; James, Robert; Kijima, Kyoichi – Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 2005
Designing an EAP course requires collaboration among various concerned stakeholders, including students, subject teachers, institutional administrators and EAP teachers themselves. While needs analysis is often considered fundamental to EAP, alternative research methodologies may be required to facilitate meaningful collaboration between these…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Cooperation, English for Academic Purposes, Instructional Design
Conceptual Tools: Functional System, List of Functions, Operational Definitions of Functions. Method for Determining Language Objectives and Criteria, Volume III.
Setzler, Hubert H., Jr.; And Others – 1979
The conceptual tools used in the communication/language objectives-based system (C/LOBS), which supports the front-end analysis efforts of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, are examined. The C/LOBS project, which is described in 13 volumes and an executive summary, functions as a subsystem of the instructional systems…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Educational Objectives, Higher Education, Instructional Systems
A Communication/Language Objectives-Based System (C/LOBS) for Foreign Language Training. Method for Determining Language Objectives and Criteria, Volume I.
Setzler, Hubert H., Jr.; And Others – 1979
This report of recommendations describes in detail the system for determining communication/language objectives (C/LOBS) within an instructional systems development (ISD) framework. C/LOBS was developed to support the front-end analysis efforts of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center and functions as a subsystem of the ISD…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Data Analysis, Data Collection, Educational Objectives
Method for Determining Language Objectives and Criteria. Executive Summary.
Setzler, Hubert H., Jr.; And Others – 1979
This executive summary describes the communication/language objectives-based system (C/LOBS) developed to support the front-end analysis efforts of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center. The C/LOBS functions as a subsystem of the instructional systems development (ISD) approach currently in use in the TRADOC school system. The…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Data Analysis, Data Collection, Educational Objectives
Methodological Tools: Computer Analysis, Data Collection Instruments. Method for Determining Language Objectives and Criteria, Volume II.
Setzler, Hubert H., Jr.; And Others – 1979
The methodologies employed in the communication/language objectives-based system (C/LOBS), which supports the front-end analysis efforts of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, are examined. The C/LOBS project, which is described in 13 volumes and an executive summary, functions as a subsystem of the instructional systems…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Computer Oriented Programs, Data Analysis, Data Collection