What is it about?
With its value widely recognized, the systematic analysis of learning needs in a Chinese language program was launched for the first time in an American higher education institution. It collected data necessary for curriculum development and improvement by surveying 213 participants, including students, teachers, alumni, and administrators, and arrived at a panoramic profile of the program needs.
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Why is it important?
Needs analysis is crucial for the accountability or accreditation of a language program. It identifies problems through analyzing data and finds solutions. If the analysis results are fully utilized, it would benefit the program development and growth. As a first-ever analysis of the needs for a program teaching Chinese as a foreign language, it opens a window to identifying more comprehensive and in-depth program needs in higher education.
Perspectives
As enrollment is the key to the survival and sustainable growth of a less-commonly-taught language program, it has been my passion to promote the importance of knowing the needs from all stakeholders, and to present it to decision makers.
Haidan Wang
University of Hawai'i at Manoa
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This page is a summary of: Mixed-methods needs analysis of a Chinese language program, Chinese as a Second Language (漢語教學研究—美國中文教師學會學報) The journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association USA, December 2018, John Benjamins,
DOI: 10.1075/csl.18003.wan.
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