Needs analysis for specialized learner populations: Essential methodological improvements

English for Specific Purposes

Volumn 40, Issue , 2015, Pages 11-26

  Serafini, Ellen J ^a   Lake, Julie B ^b   Long, Michael H ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

ESP; Methodology; Needs analysis; Reliability; Task based language teaching; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930943219     PISSN: 08894906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2015.05.002     Document Type: Article

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