ESP需求分析评述

A review of ESP needs analysis

在我国,专门用途用语(ESP,English for Specific Purposes)的重要组成部分——需求分析,和ESP课程本身一样,多年以来没有受到应有的重视,但目前学者们普遍认为大学英语改革的大趋势是ESP课程将逐步取代公共英语课程。本文对过去30年来国际上ESP需求分析研究的主要成果进行了回顾,文章首先探讨ESP与需求分析的关系,并对需求分析在ESP课程和公共英语课程中的应用进行了区分,然后较为详细地介绍了需求分析的数据来源、数据收集方法和工具以及具体的分析模式。

In China,needs analysis,an indispensable part of ESP,has been subjected to negligence similar to ESP itself.However,applied linguists agree that ESP courses will gradually replace EGP courses in the university curriculum in future.This paper introduces major studies in the area of ESP needs analysis during the past 30 years in English speaking countries.Data sources,data collection instruments and specific analytical models are introduced in detail based on the manifestation of the relationship between ESP and needs analysis and the difference between ESP and EGP needs analyses.