Building Peace through Education: Investigating English as a Foreign Language: within Applied Linguistics, Educational Settings and Curricula. Case Study (English Language Program at Omdurman Ahlia University 2008-2012)

Abstract

This research has been regarded as an attempt to analyze, criticize and asses the English as a Foreign Language (EFL) curricula at university level within Applied Linguistics, Educational Settings and Curricula, tackling a Case Study of (English Language Program at Omdurman Ahlia University since (2008 up to 2012) in relation to build peace culture and values through teaching English language in Sudan at university level. Therefore, this research aims to evaluate, positively criticize, and assesses the performance and outputs of the recent EFL curricula at university level, methods of teaching, university administration roles and educational policies objectives. So the theoretical framework has been provided the theory of applied linguistics analysis and EFL educational objectives analysis among EFL curricula at Omudurman Ahlia University. Research data were originally collected from EFL teacher questionnaire and EFL curricula document analysis questionnaire for EFL teacher form different universities and particular document analysis for EFL curricula was done for Omudurman Ahlia University, English Language Department Program. The results have shown that there is a complete absence for the values and culture of peace among the educational and academic objectives of EFL curricula at the university level. It also have shown that EFL curricula at university failed to foster the value of peace, tolerance, dialogue, ethics of differences, accepting others, coexistence, human rights, democracy and respect for others regardless of race, gender, age, nationality, class, sexuality, appearance, political or religious belief, physical or mental ability.