Situation analysis and need analysis in developing ESP courses for three faculties at Hanoi national University of education (HNUE)

This article addresses ESP and developing ESP syllabi and teaching materials by conducting situation and needs analysis. This is followed by a description of the methodology including both interviews with teachers and questionnaires with students at the three faculties in analyzing the needs. Subsequently, the findings from these semi-controlled interviews and questionnaires are presented and discussed. The paper finishes with some practical suggestions for the procedure in developing ESP syllabi and teaching materials.