Assessing students’ needs in learning ESP at Iraqi colleges of physical education

الملخص EN

The aim of the study is assessing students' needs for learning English as a foreign language at Iraqi Colleges of Physical of Education.

Modern language teaching and syllabus design focus on learner-centered approach which adopts students' needs as a starting and ending element of teaching as well as designing syllabus.

Students' needs are the base of designing or evaluating any course or syllabus.

A questionnaire has been used for this reason.

This questionnaire has collated to (100) students at Iraqi Colleges of Physical of Education.

Through using suitable statistical analysis, it has been found that the speaking skill is what students need as well as using games and activities to improve their knowledge in sports.

So, the recommendations of the study are using the students' needs as the starting and ending step in designing any course; the designers should focus on speaking skill in designing any course at Iraqi Colleges of Physical Education.