Nurmalinda, Syarifuddin Ahmad, Suleman Bouti. Need analysis: A case study for listening skill at … 238 Need analysis: A case study for listening skill at tenth- grade students on English learning Nurmalinda Gorontalo State University, Indonesia Syarifuddin Ahmad Gorontalo State University, Indonesia Suleman Bouti Gorontalo State University, Indonesia Corresponding e-mail: nurmalinda@mahasiswa.ung.ac.id Abstract: Although listening is known as the primarily skills of others in language acquisition, finding a set of specific listening materials that can improve student’s skill based on students’ need in their department is very hard. Considering this condition, the writer decided to analyze students’ need for learning listening at tenth-grade in Computer and Engineering Networking Department. Hutchinson and Waters (1987) theory used to analyze the Need Analysis in this study. Based on the result, it found that students’ goal is to support they carrier in computer field because listening is play important role in communicating with other. Moreover, desired inputs are authentic materials that can decided by the participants and can be learnt outside the classroom but they only understand about 100-150 words. In addition, they want interest material which can do in pairs and in a small group. Keywords: Computer Engineering; ESP; Listening Skill; Needs Analysis. Introduction English is an international language (EIL) used in the wild world. Consequently, it covers almost all of aspects of the people life, especially in education and professional work. In education, English as a foreign language is taught as the compulsory subject at school from the elementary level up to senior high school, even in the higher education. In the working field, further, people learn English as a communication and fulfilling the competence demanded by a company in order to handle a certain job. Thus, English will be useful for those who are going to face the real job after graduating from schools. Talking about senior high schools, there are two categories of senior high schools. Those are general senior high schools (GSHS) and vocational high schools (VHS). Moreover, based on Peraturan Pemerintah RI Nomor 20 Tahun 2003 Tentang Sistem Pendidikan Nasional, vocational high school is the continuation of the basic education which prepares the students to be able to master vocational skills needed for specific employment. Based on the structure of the vocational education, the students have to improve their competence, knowledge, personality, character, and skills in order to be able to continue their education independently based on their field of study. Computer and Networking Engineering is one of the vocational high school departments in Gorontalo which prepares the students for handling a job after graduating from their vocational high school. This is expected to have a deep knowledge related to computer, specifically knowing how to solve computer’s problems, designing computer networking, understanding the components of computer and networking, and so on. Hence, English plays an important role in involving the students to get a