| The opening-up of China's banking sectors to outside world has given rise to an increasingdemand for composite talents who have a good command of both finance and English.Especially since People' Bank of China and National Education Committee jointlypronounced the establishment of the Financial English Certificate Test (FECT) system in1994, people have attached more and more importance to Financial English. Under thisbackground, UIBE, who had been a pioneer in the field of ESP teaching, established FinancialEnglish course in order to cultivate composite talents that could meet the social needs,and thecourse has earned popular recognition of learners.Financial English should be under the title of ESP, so the research on it should follow thegeneral theoretical framework of ESP, whose most important part is needs analysis onlearners. This thesis aims at investigating whether the objective needs perceived by coursedesigners are in accordance with the subjective needs perceived by students by analyzingstudents' needs through questionnaire, in the hope of improving the course design of ESPcourse in UIBE.The thesis falls into five chapters. The first chapter introduces the motivation and significanceof the thesis, and the hypothesis of the study. The second chapter is devoted to the literaturereview of the related theories in the field of ESP and needs analysis. Chapter three deals withthe introduction of Financial English course in UIBE, research methodology, the objective ofthe investigation and the subjects. Much focus has been put on chapter four, as it presents thedetailed analysis of the research, which is divided into eight parts, including investigations onmotivation and interest of the students, attitude and self-confidence of the students, targetsituation analysis, arrangement of the course, learning needs and other aspects. Theconcluding part summarizes the findings of the study, points out the limitation of the studyand offers some suggestions for future studies.
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