Along with the growing role of law enforcement officers as the element of international affairs, Indonesian National Police (Polri) deems English skills paramount to fulfill its mandate in international missions. However, not much study has been conducted on English teaching to prepare police members for this task. This study is trying to investigate the English learning needs related to this matter to be taught in the ESP course for the police officers working in international settings. This study employs the ESP framework to investigate the specific needs in the international security setting using mixed-method research design. Two questionnaires were developed to identify the demography of the respondents, as well as the frequency distribution and the descriptive analysis of the answers. Three groups of participants took part in this study; those who were still on the training, those who were on the job, and former FPU members who were involved in the semi-structured interview. The findings revealed that the participants have an intermediate level of English based on the test. However, they perceived their listening and speaking skills weaker than their reading and writing skills. This self-evaluation sheds light on their needs of certain subskills in the language. In addition, this study also discovered the biggest challenge and difficulties in improving their language skills. Despite high internal motivation, the lack of time and available materials becomes the major constraint in learning the language. Finally, the findings would provide specific English language skills and micro-skills upon which a needs-based syllabus is based. A narrow-angled approach can lead the learners to focus on a few target situations and to use content from a specific discipline. |