Needs Analysis of Military Students for English Language

Abstract

This study aimed at analyzing the military students' needs for English language; A case study conducted on students of the Sudanese Joint Command & Staff College (JCSC). The researcher adopted the descriptive and the analytic methods to analyze the collected data. The tools which the researcher used to collect data are questionnaire and interview. The data have been classified and analyzed by using Statistics Packages of Social Sciences (SPSS) programme. The study sample is (30) teachers from the Sudanese (JCSC). Accordingly, the study has arrived at a number of findings, among them are: learning English for military purposes is necessary to every military student in the Sudanese Armed Forces to use it in different military settings, students of the Sudanese JCSC have intrinsic motivations and interests to improve their English language listening and writingskills, students of the Sudanese JCSC need to learn English language skills in an integrated way to meet their military demands in English language...etc. Moreover, the researcher has recommended a number of recommendations, among them are: it is recommended for the armed forces headquarter to give much concerns to the growing awareness of English language importance among the military students to develop their levels in English language, programmes of teaching English language skills in an integrated way for students of Sudanese JCSC should be developed, and attention should be paid to teaching of the productive skills (writing and speaking) to students of JCSC due to their weaknesses in such two skills. Finally, the researcher has suggested topics forfurther studies such as, suggesting advanced English language programmes for the military students who are assigned for abroad courses