需要分析(needs analysis)是外语教学与研究中一个较新的课题。在国内,知之者甚少;对其进行研究者,更是凤毛麟角。作者在此文中首先给“学生需要分析”下了明确的定义,接着阐述它的产生——交际法教学的推动作用,以及二者的相辅相成——需要分析为交际法教学提供理论依据。第三部分谈到“需要分析”的范围,集中讲中学外语师资培训规划,详细论述了培训单位和用人单位之间的供求关系,这部分写得较透彻,特别是对当今改革、形势、做法,需求都是多变的、在改革中摸 Needs analysis is a relatively new topic in foreign language teaching and research. In China, little is known about it; it is even rare for researchers to study it. In this article, the author firstly gives a clear definition of “student needs analysis”, and then elaborates its production - the promotion of communicative teaching and the complementarity of the two - needs analysis to provide a theoretical basis for teaching communicative approach. The third part talks about the scope of “need analysis ”, concentrates on the training plan of foreign language teachers in middle schools, and elaborates on the relationship between supply and demand of training units and employing units in this part. This part is written more thoroughly, especially for today’s reform and the situation , Practices, needs are changing, touched in the reform