The Impact of Integrative Programme of ESP, General English and EAP on Enhancing Learners’ Language Proficiency

Abstract

The aim of this study is to investigate the impact of a portrayal of an integrative program of general English, EAP and ESP on enhancing learners’ language proficiency. The textbook which is designed by the researcher for the medical laboratory sciences students at Sudan international university aims to integrate the language components and academic skills around the ESP medical corpus since this will help the students enhance their English proficiency as the study proposed. The researcher has utilized different quantitative methods such as the pretest posttest for the students, the questionnaire and the text book evaluation check list for the English language teachers. (120) students of SIU first year at the faculty of Medical Laboratory Sciences represent the population of the test. Sixty students represent the experimental and another sixty for the control group. The experimental group is taught the integrative programme designed by the researcher for five weeks, four hours a day whereas the control group continues studying the same conventional general English course (GAP) where the focus is on the language structures, for the same duration of the experimental group. The two groups were administered the reliable and valid pretest post test. On the other hand, a questionnaire and a textbook evaluation check list were conducted for (60) English language teachers to review their opinions about the designed text book. The results have shown that there is a significant progress in the performance of students in the experimental group compared to the control one. The analysis of the questionnaire and the textbook evaluation check list has also shown that the text book bridges the gaps that conventional text books create as well as it motivates the students to enjoy their major subjects classes . The study recommended the English language teachers to design the materials that suit their students’ needs of their chosen discipline and future career.