Investigating the Impact of Dropping out Literature from Sudanese Syllabuses on Secondary Schools Students’ English Vocabulary knowledge (A Case Study of ALfasher Model Secondary School Third Year Students in El fashier Municipality)

Abstract

This study aimed at investigating the effect of dropping out English literature from Sudanese syllabuses on secondary schools students’ English vocabulary knowledge. The study highlighted the importance of teaching literature among the students of secondary schools and its role in developing English language and its direct positive effect on language vocabulary in both secondary and university level. Moreover, the study confirmed the great role of English literature in improving and increasing English vocabulary knowledge in particular and other skills in general.The study looked into the views of teachers on the absence of English literature from Sudanese Syllabuses. The researcher adopted the experimental and descriptive methods and used population and sample of the study that included a test for hundred secondary school students and a questionnaire for hundred secondary school teachers as tools for collecting data. After analyzing the collected data by SPSS program, the results have shown that teaching and learning literature play a vital role in developing the English language process. In addition, it creates interesting and enthusiastic learning atmosphere within class room interaction. Moreover, it confirmed that the absence of English literature has negatively affected on student’s English vocabulary knowledge. The study also emphasized the significance of teaching English literature and its effective role in expanding student’s English language vocabulary knowledge. The study also offered some recommendations to the related authorities such as the importance of teaching English literature for students and that it should be included in the curricula and its exam question should be obligatory in Secondary School Certificate Examination. Additionally, training teachers regularly in the methods and techniques of teaching literature is so necessary in order to achieve its intended aims.