Investigation of the Unified English Language Syllabus of Khartoum State Vocational Training Centers

Abstract

This study aims to investigate and evaluate the unified English language syllabus of Khartoum state vocational training centers to see to what extent it meets the trainees’ needs. To achieve that the study sets some hypotheses: The current English language syllabus does not sufficiently motivate the trainees in language learning. The trainees themselves are not sufficiently satisfied with the current syllabus. The study adopts the descriptive analytical methodology, with questionnaire for 50 trainees, 9 English language trainers. The findings of the study reveals that: The current English language syllabus does not sufficiently meet the trainees’ vocational purposes. The trainees will be sufficiently motivated to learn English language through a course that concentrate more on technical vocabulary. The study recommends: The current English language syllabus should be provided with sufficient amount of technical vocabulary to meet the trainees needs. To reach trainers’ satisfaction about the course, the course taught should meet the trainees’ vocational purposes.