Needs analysis and the three areas of controversies in EAP

• Main Author: Mohd Basari, Shahrul Nizam
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: The Malaysian Association of Applied Linguistics 2021
• Subjects: P Philology. Linguistics
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/97258/1/97258_Needs%20analysis%20and%20the%20three%20areas.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/97258/

Juxtaposing needs analysis with rights analysis has been an alternative approach in employing needs analysis in EAP (Benesch, 1999, 2001). On a different note, Hyland (2006) proposes that EAP can be related to three areas of controversies: 1) the two approaches in EAP – EGAP and ESAP; 2) the approac...