Business English: Need Analysis

Name:

Date of Birth:

Are you currently working?

If “yes”, which company do you work for and what is its main area of business?

What is your position in the company?

If you are NOT YET working, which profession would you be interested in the future?

I. Language Background

How long have you been studying English?

How much grammar have you studied before this course?

How much grammar would you like to do on this course? Are there any particular areas?

Have you ever taken any business English courses before?

II. Communication Skills

Which of the following skills would you like to improve? Circle the appropriate numbers.

1. Discussion and meetings 6. Negotiating

2. Telephoning 7. Formal and informal emails
3. Social English 8. Business reports
4. Company, products and customer 9. Minutes
relations 10. Memos
5. Presentation 11. Job interviews and cover letter writing
Which of the following language skills would you like to improve? Circle the appropriate numbers.

1. Listening
2. Reading
3. Speaking
4. Writing

III. Topics of Interests:

Which of the following topics are you interested in? You can add another topic:

1. Political and Economic context 7. Marketing

2. Human resources 8. International Trade
3. Finance 9. Production
4. Accounting 10. Law
5. Technology 11. _________________________
6. Management

IV. Other Objectives

Do you have any other objectives for this course that you have not mentioned?

What do you expect to learn from this course?