Abstract
This present study aims at investigating the students’ target needs in learning ESP Speaking of Law department students. The adapted version of Aliakbari & Boghayeri’s (2014) and Alsamadani’s (2017) questionnaire was used as the main instrument of this study to understand the 45 students’ perception about their needs in learning ESP speaking course. A mixed-method research design was implemented in this present research. Students’ responses were analyzed statistically using SPSS 16.0 by calculating the mean, frequency and percentage. To elicit more understanding on the topic, interview was implemented to senior students in order to get deeper investigation about students’ target needs. The interview data were then analyzed using NVivo 12 Plus. This study reveals that most of the students’ needs are concerned with their professional job in the future so they are able to use English in their fields. Thus, this study provides some highlighting points on what to include in course development. In such a notion, this study suggests lecturers provide specific materials related to law in order to face their professional life either in short- or long-term future needs.
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 HIGHLIGHTS:
 
 This study pinpoints the result of Law students measurement on their self-rating towards their English competences.
 This study highlights on materials related to Law department that are perceived to be strongly needed and less needed.
 This study also reveals that according to students’ interview transcript, their needs in learning ESP are found to attain long-term goal compared to the short-term one.
Highlights
ISSN 2503 3492Received: 10th August 2020Accepted: 18th November 2020Published: 21th April 2021Citation: Rumalessin, U
Eliciting from the results, the needs of Law students were focused on the professional needs in order to prepare the students cope with professional jobs
As suggested by some experts, English for Specific Purposes (ESP) seems to provide the actual materials to enhance the students’ understanding about particular or specific domain to be more proficient in their field (Ahmed Alsamadani, 2017; Xhaferi & Xhaferi, 2011; Xhaferi & Xhaferi, 2011; and Salazar, 2011)
Summary
A need analysis study is compulsory to be conducted for ESP in order to investigate those important aspects before designing a material (Aliakbari & Boghayeri, 2014) Since such issue have been the growing interest for research topic in higher education and university level, numerous researchers have explored on this (Aliakbari & Boghayeri, 2014); Chostelidou, 2011; Lee, 2016; Indrasari, 2016; Bosher & Smalkoski, 2004; Xhaferi &. The more learner needs are clear, the more the objectives are expressed and the ESP course becomes successful (Albakrawi, 2013) In such notion, Xhaferi & Xhaferi (2011) assert that using English in relevant studies will enable learners to learn the ways and situations they need to use the language in their perspective fields and help them to get ready to cope with everyday situations and deal with professional purposes, which could be an important concern in identification of the learners’.
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