College English Curriculum Design Based on Learner Needs Analysis

Currently,Chinese universities are more concerned about College English education due to our nations'talentdevelopment strategy and social needs.The College English curriculum has made periodical achievements in the past 10 years of reforms,but problems persist,such as the generalization of curriculum objectives,the convergence of curriculum classifications and the lack of connotative development in curriculum implementation.One reason for this is that many researchers and administrators employ a top-down approach to setting teaching objectives and ignore university students'learning needs.To solve this problem,the researcher conducted an analysis of the learning needs both domestically and abroad for foreign language curriculums,borrowing the learning needs analysis models of previous researchers and made an investigation of college non-English majors.The conclusion of this university-based research shows that learners'needs tend to be multifaceted,diversified,and personalized.The learners seem to have the greatest need for the following four issues:English listening and speaking competence need to be emphasized in curriculum objectives;supplementary and internet media resources need to be increased in curriculum content;curriculum implementation calls for diversified teaching methods;curriculum evaluation should be formative and summative.Therefore,learners'needs should be integrated to make purposeful adjustments to the College English curriculum.