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234 DAVID R. HALLA communicative approachThe University of Malaya Spoken English Project of the early 80s (Hall, 1985; Khong, 1984),set up with British Council help, used the Munby ‘communicative’ needs analysis approach(Munby, 1978), and was perhaps thc only major project to attempt to do so with any rigour.A major problem in the project \vas that the first 18 months of the 3-year project weredevoted to discussion of necds analysis and theoretical considerations, with the predictableresult that by the time it came to actualll; writing, the team members wcrc so entrenchedin different antagonistic theorctical positions that consensus writing had become almostimpossible. Despite the warnings in this chapter to consider theoretical positions seriouslybefore planning materials, writing should not be delayed too long. The acts of‘ writing andtrialing cannot be delayed until a fully worked out thcorctical position has been established.In fact, the dcvclopmcnt of theory and practicc go hand in hand. See Figures 18.1 and 18.2for a representativc example.1 You are looking lor a scholarship to stuly ovcrscas.Complete this table with the dctails of the scholarship you \voiild likc to gctAmount pcr monthIhrationSubject of studyCountryExtra alloLvanccs2 You have some accommodation to rent.Fill in this table \vith thc details of the accommodation you can offcrNature of accommodationNumber of roomsRcntFacilitiesLocationConditionsFigtire 18.1 Workshect 1 : stutlcnt A only