TY - JFULL AU - N. Khiati PY - 2018/4/ TI - Unmet English Needs of the Non-Engineering Staff: The Case of Algerian Hydrocarbon Industry T2 - International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences SP - 447 EP - 453 VL - 12 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10008809 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 135, 2018 N2 - The present paper attempts to report on some findings that emerged out of a larger scale doctorate research into English language needs of a renowned Algerian company of Hydrocarbon industry. From a multifaceted English for specific purposes (ESP) research perspective, the paper considers the English needs of the finance/legal department staff in the midst of the conflicting needs perspectives involving both objective needs indicators (i.e., the pressure of globalised business) and the general negative attitudes among the administrative -mainly jurists- staff towards English (favouring a non-adaptation strategy). The researcher’s unearthing of the latter’s needs is an endeavour to concretise the concepts of unmet, or unconscious needs, among others. This is why, these initially uncovered hidden needs will be detailed questioning educational background, namely previous language of instruction; training experiences and expectations; as well as the actual communicative practices derived from the retrospective interviews and preliminary quantitative data of the questionnaire. Based on these rough clues suggesting real needs, the researcher will tentatively propose some implications for both pre-service and in-service training organisers as well as for educational policy makers in favour of an English course in legal English for the jurists mainly from pre-graduate phases to in-service training. ER -