Investigating University Students' Weakness in English Oral Communication at Peace University, West Kordofan State – Sudan

Abstract

This study, which is characterized by: (Investigating University Students' Weakness in English Oral Communication for Students of Peace University at AlFula Campus), aimed at: Processing the weakness of English oral communication for Peace University Alfula campus, identifying of the best modern teaching activities that facilitate the English oral communication, strive to build confidence for the students, urged them to benefit from the various global sources and conceptual frameworks that contribute to the process of peace-building in West Kordofan State. The study was based on a basic hypothesis, from which several hypotheses emerged: There is a relationship between weakness of English oral communication, syllabuses and the traditional teaching methods. The study relied on the inductive deductive approach and the analytical descriptive approach. In the data collection, the questionnaire was used, based on the use of a simple random sample, and conducted to the students of batches 2014 - 2017 in the colleges of (Education, Veterinary Medicine, Natural Resources & Environmental Studies, and Arts) at Alfula campus, and reached the most prominent results: that the weakness of English oral communication is a major problem for most of the University students of the campus. The loss of teaching modern activities contributed to the weakness of oral communication. The absence of heavy vocabulary that facilitates English oral communication has negative effects on their education.The study concluded with recommendations that including: The necessity of solving the weakness of oral communication by using modern educational activities. Include the vocabularies which facilitate oral communication in the syllabuses. The students have be ponderosas with vocabularies, teaching the parts of speech and focusing on short and long form sentences.