Résumé:
Teaching English for Specific Purposes was and still is a controversial issue in Teaching
English as a Foreign Language context. However, only few English for Specific Purposes
applications have been adopted to suit teaching in Algerian universities. In Jijel University,
students studying at the faculty of Science and Technology need to learn English as a
demand for their academic studies. In the current study, an analysis of the Science and
Technology students' needs learning English at the faculty of Science and Technology is
conducted by referring to the perceptions of students and their teacher towards the
teaching/learning situation. Therefore, the students' needs that are essential for their
academic studies were identified in the four language skills and suggestions are presented
in order to design a syllabus. So that, it is hypothesized that if the students' needs are well
identified, an appropriate syllabus may be designed. To check the validity of this
hypothesis, two questionnaires were administered to first year Licence Science and
Technology students and their teacher. The findings showed that while students need to
master all the language skills, especially speaking and reading, these needs are ignored by
their teacher. Based on those findings, a syllabus which takes into consideration the
students' needs in terms of language skills should be developed
