English for computer science : Students’needs to enhance technical writing at Tlemcen University

Abstract EN

Teaching English for specific purposes (ESP) is about defining certain goals and particular objectives to meet the specific needs of the learners.

Within the same line of thought, the present study tends to explore Master 1 students’needs at Tlemcen University, Algeria for the sake of improving their computing English to write technically in the discipline.

For this objective, the researcher conducted a needs analysis process made up of a questionnaire addressed to 40 computer science Master 1 students, alongside two interviews directed to 10 subject specialists, and 3 language teachers.

Qualitative and quantitative analyses of data uncovered the urgent need to ameliorate the computer science terminology at various linguistic levels plus developing reading skills through a careful selection of texts according to the students’interest.