Identifying the Learner and Learning Needs in ESP Third year Students of Economic Department at Adrar University as a case for study

Abstract

Learning English opens up a world of opportunities in the different domains of our life, especially in the Economics Globalization nowadays. English for Specific Purpose has been developed to meet the learners’ specific needs, yet teachers at the Faculty of Economics, Business, and Management sciences in the University of Adrar failed to come up with the appropriate syllabus to achieve such goal. The following study aims to explore the difficulties and challenges that face students concerning learning English, and try to enhance the quality of teaching/learning English for economics. Since an effective language learning and teaching may be well improved after identifying the students’ needs and interests, we followed a quantitative methodology by distributing a questionnaire to a group of 30 students of 3rd year economics then analyzing it carefully. The results showed that students are in real need to improve their English in the four skills because they are not as competent as they should be at third year license. We concluded that, these given learning needs will support not only the administration but also the teachers in designing the suitable courses for students and providing them with the needed materials at the Faculty of Economics, Business, and Management sciences at Adrar University.