Abstract:
This study aimed at investigating the role of translation in enhancing communicative competence of Sudanese military students through excessive work on translation and the four skills; and the productive skills have to be taken together in an integrated manner and through explicit teaching. The research adopted the descriptive and analytical method. The data of this study were collected by means of questionnaire distributed to 104 respondents who represent groups of students from Higher Military Academy, National Defence College and from the British Council classes' in the Academy. Also the 113 Junior Command and Staff students taking English language as a basic subject at Joint Command and Staff College (various courses) are given pre and post-test. The data were analyzed by using (SPSS). The study found out that there are certain factors which can be used to maximize the levels of interlanguage amongst the military students through the use of translation and they are: Communicative competence of military students can be improved through excessive explicit teaching, as well as the careful treatment of productive skills is enough for improving communicative competence; also the preparation of a teaching environment can guarantee or account for successful handling of communicative competence. Based on the findings of the test and questionnaire; the study points out some recommendations in addition to some suggestions for further studies.
