摘要：Needs analysis plays a vital role in developing speaking material and results in a
powerful tool that helps teachers to design materials in line with the learners' target
needs and learning needs. The aims of this research are to analyse the types of
learners’ target needs and learning needs for material development in the academic
English-speaking course. This study surveyed 312 English department students
from six universities in three Indonesian provinces. Questionnaire and in-depth
interview were used in collecting data then those data were analysed by using a
software program, namely an excel chart data series. Findings revealed that
learners’ target needs are necessities, lacks, and wants. Meanwhile, learning needs
cover input, procedure, setting, and learner’s role. The independent speaking task
was necessitated by students (64,49%) and lack of vocabulary (32,69%).
Moreover, communication & collaboration (39,10%) was students’ wants towards
course design whereas video was learning media input (38,46%). Discussion as
procedure desired (37,50%), group work (37,82%) as a classroom setting, and
active communicator (39,74%) as the learners’ role. Students’ wants strongly
indicated that material design must be able to promote 21st
-century skills. Speaking
practitioners are suggested to adapt their material based upon need analysis.
