A “Process-oriented” View of Needs Analysis Procedures towards Enhancing the Humanistic Approach to EFL Learning

Περίληψη

Most current methods in EFL learning follow a‘process-oriented’ view of Needs Analysis (NA) procedures because it offers learners the opportunity to gradually come to understand their needs and express them in a pedagogically useful manner through ‘self-discovery’. The purpose of this paper is to focus on the ‘how’ of learning and its humanistic orientation in EFL learning. It discusses how the ‘process-oriented’ view of NA may feed into meaningful and effective decision-making for a General English classroom, the role of the affective domain and the influence of factors, such as individual differences, which are likely to have a serious impact on effective learning.