Learning needs, broadly speaking, are the kinds of learning situation that most appeal to the learners so that they would learn effectively. The needs, potential and
constraints of the learning situation must also be taken into account if we are going to have any successful analysis of learner needs Hutchinson and Waters, 1987.
Information of these needs can be gathered in a number of ways. The most frequently used ways are questionnaires, interviews, observation, data collection, and informal
consultations with sponsors, learners, and others. Richtertich and Chancered 1978 propose that learners and teachers can all be
involved in determining learner’s needs. Information can be collected about the resources of the teaching institution, objectives, and methods of assessment used.
Information will also be needed about the different kinds of activities the learner will be using the language for, the language function involved, the situations, and which
of the four skills will be needed.
b. Midwifery Program
The midwife is recognized as a responsible and accountable professional who works in partnership with women to give the necessary support, care and advice
during pregnancy, labor and the postpartum period, to conduct births on the midwife’s own responsibility and to provide care for the newborn and the infant. It
means that being a midwife is much more than helping delivering babies. A midwife would be involved in antenatal and postnatal care, in counseling, in offering support
and education, and help families prepare for parenthood. Midwifery qualifications and experience will open a wide range of options to
develop their career in the directions that interest them most. As their knowledge and
expertise increase, they could move into more senior practitioner roles. They could become a team or unit manager where they could combine responsibility for
managing other staff with ongoing hands-on involvement with clients. Midwifery course program includes classroom instruction and supervised
clinical hands-on experience in health care settings. Students need good study habits and the ability to analyze and think through problems critical thinking to be
successful in midwifery school. At the end of the program, graduates must pass the state board licensure examination to become licensed as a registered midwife.
In the context of ‘Aisyiyah Health Sciences College of Yogyakarta, the midwifery students have to be able to fulfill some requirements in order to graduate
from the program. Two of the requirements are 450 of TOEFL score and an English presentation of the research report. The first requirement of the TOEFL score is an
obligation and the presentation is still an option by now and will be obligated for the next coming years.
In wider context, Indonesian midwives need to have good English skills and awareness of current technology to face the Asian Economic Community. As stated
by Rivai 2013, the Chairman of Health Workers Standardized Division Council of Indonesia MTKI, that the Indonesian health workers, particularly nurses and
midwives, have not fully taken a part in the international opportunities yet due to their insufficient skills of language particularly English and their knowledge of
current technologies in medical world as many developed countries have already used new technologies to take care of certain disease such as CT scanner, MeLa Find
Optical Scanner, ATI Neurostimulator Electronic Aspirin, and etc.
c. Instructional Design Model
