| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺灣科技大學 === 應用外語系 === 103 === In Taiwan, numerous studies on English for specific purposes (ESP) have explored the needs of ESP teaching and learning for particular groups of learners at the university level. However, few studies have been conducted at the vocational high school (VHS) level and probed VHS students’ changing needs at and among various learning stages. Therefore, the present study employed Hutchinson and Waters’ (1987) needs analysis approach to investigate VHS students’ perceived learning needs (i.e., lacks, necessities, and wants) among three stages: before, during, and after the program. Twenty-four first-year VHS students from the Departments of Applied Foreign Languages, Business Management, and International Trade participated in this mixed-method study. Triangulation was performed, and both descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the survey questionnaire and interviews. The results showed that the VHS students’ perceived learning lacks, necessities, and wants toward the four core courses differed from each other at each stage, and each facet of needs also differed significantly among stages. Nonverbal communication was also considered the most lacking, necessary, and desirable skill by the VHS students. This paper discusses the findings regarding theoretical and pedagogical implications for both VHS English education and ESP teaching and learning, and some limitations and suggestions are provided for future ESP curriculum design.
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