Needs Analysis of Syllabus Reconstruction for ELT Methodology Course at University in Coastal Area

Abstract

The syllabus should be frequently renewed by the course coordinator to keep the quality of their teaching in the field. The focus of this current article was on the needs analysis for the reconstructing a syllabus for ELT Methodology course. The syllabus for the course should be renewed since the ministry of education, culture, research and technology of Indonesia demanded that the syllabus utilized for the universities in Indonesia should be based on case method or team-based project. This study involved the lecturer teaching the course in English Language Education Study Program of Universitas Maritim Raja Ali Haji (UMRAH), the head of the English Language Education Study Program of UMRAH, and a class of ELT students taking the ELT Methodology course in UMRAH. The data were collected from interview, questionnaire and documentation. Using the data from the aforementioned three sources in this current research, the syllabus developers can begin to identify the most important aspects to be included in the syllabus.