EVALUATION OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE CURRICULUM FOR SKILL DEVELOPMENT OF THE STUDENTS AT SYLHET AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY

R Bhattacharya, M A Kashem, N A J Tania and R Sarker
Journal of the Sylhet Agricultural University, Volume 2, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 21-27

Abstract:

Curriculum evaluation is an important process to ensure the efficiency of the curriculum in promoting improved quality of student learning and to improve the teaching method/quality. A survey was conducted to evaluate the English language courses offered by the Department of Basic Science and Language at Sylhet Agricultural University during May-June 2015. A semi-structured questionnaire was designed for the study. Ninety four students from the Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Science and fifty six students from the Faculty of Fisheries were used as respondents for the study. The study reveals that speaking is the most difficult activity to most of the students which is less emphasized in the classroom. Moreover, the use of audio-visual materials is limited in the classroom and the reading materials are not satisfactory to the students. Developing the students’ communicative competence is one of the major objectives of the courses, but in reality, after successful completion of the courses, their confidence level is not up to the mark. The findings also suggest that more credit hours and audio-visual materials, more emphasis on speaking and listening skills and a well-equipped modern language laboratory are necessary to achieve the objectives of the curriculum.

Keywords:

Curriculum, communicative language teaching, communicative competence


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R Bhattacharya, M A Kashem, N A J Tania and R Sarker. 2015. EVALUATION OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE CURRICULUM FOR SKILL DEVELOPMENT OF THE STUDENTS AT SYLHET AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, Journal of the Sylhet Agricultural University 2(1): 21-27.