UNIT 14
LEARNER NEEDS
In this Unit
I understood that there are three types of needs
students can have. Those are personal, learning, and professional. So, we have
to be clear that many reasons influence those needs, which can be even the age,
gender and even personality.
In addition,
it is important since each learner is unique, so with a different learning
style, knowledge. To this we
can have the advantage of the different kind of courses, such as medical or for
students who want to go to an English
–medium school or university, since those will help us to find any kind
of material to focus on.
Additionally,
we can choose suitable pace of lesson, types of feedback, interaction patters,
language skills, level of language, and approach to teaching and assessment. The best way to get this information is by
asking the learners themselves. As a result, we will
have variety, to do not get students bored or upset. What is more, we should
never forget the need to praise
them for them to become demotivated.
References
Rhonda Wynne,
Learning needs analysis, 2012
Simpson and Ure,
Meeting learners’ needs, 1994
Great information!
ReplyDeleteI liked your analysis about the way to teach to our students by always taking into account their needs and reasons for learning. I also agree with the idea of asking students about the topics they may wan to learn, It will give teachers the opportunity to create a good rapport with the students.