Abstract
This study aims at analyzing the target situation needs for Abu Dhabi Police traffic Staff to suggest an ESP- base syllabus framework. These needs will be employed to designs an ESP- Syllabus. A questionnaire was used to collect data from the participants, after analyzing the data collected, it was revealed that English language in general is of great importance to traffic police. Participants who were 50 police men working in traffic department ensured that some language functions should be included in the suggested ESP-based syllabus. In addition to some language sub-skills they rated as very important, furthermore, they questionnaire evaluated some language difficulties they may encounter while they perform their duties.
Highlights
ESP field is to some extend new discipline within EFL, it has been a rich area for research, many scholars have conducted many researches and covered different areas in ESP
The needs for such a course have been observed and considered vital due to many factors related to city’s demographic structure; more than half of the city’s residents are foreigners where English is the main means of communications among them. policing in such cities required police staff to have good communication skills, and as an English instructor in Abu Dhabi Police the researcher knows that general English course is taught to police cadets while receiving their general training at Abu Dhabi police school and for police staff on the job; the four institutions concerned with offering training to the police staff offer general English courses
This study aims to analyze Abu Dhabi police traffic section staff needs in target situation for designing an ESP-based syllabus to be applied in their training program
Summary
ESP field is to some extend new discipline within EFL, it has been a rich area for research, many scholars have conducted many researches and covered different areas in ESP. This study aims at analyzing the target situation needs for Abu Dhabi traffic Police Staff to design an ESP-based course. To what extent do conducting systematic needs analysis help in designing an effective ESP-based syllabus for traffic police.
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