NEED ANALYSIS ON DEVELOPING MATERIAL OF PARAGRAPH WRITING BASED ON EGRA TECHNIQUE
Keywords:
Need Analysis, Paragraph Writing, EGRAAbstract
Needs analysis is considered a vital component in designing a language course. Needs analysis is a method for collecting data about learners’ needs in order to inform the planning and development of language. This study attempts to explore the target needs and the learning needs related to the material used in the Paragraph Writing subject. This research was conducted with the second semester students of English Department at Universitas Muhammadiyah Makassar during 2018/ 2019 academic years. The respondents were the fourth semester EFL paragraph writing enrolled in the Paragraph Writing course. There was only one instrument used to gather the data namely questionnaire. The findings revealed that students needed to mastery of paragraph writing and the need of more practiced of their writing activity. They emphasized the need of grammar and vocabulary to structure organization paragraph and choose appropriate words in writing English. Students also expressed a desire for small group discussion with more examples in during writing process in the class; Therefore, it is recommended that internet-based materials be used to develop EFL paragraph writing materials. These materials should include well integrated of resources available on the web.
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