Scholars International Journal of Linguistics and Literature (SIJLL)
Volume-1 | Issue-04 | 155-164
Original Research Article
The EFL Course Syllabus Offered in Geography and Environmental Science Department at Jahangirnagar University in Bangladesh: Relevance and Effectiveness
Ambia Islam Rumu
Published : Nov. 30, 2018
Abstract
This paper reports on an action research which investigates the practicality of auxiliary communicative English courses offered for academic purpose in the tertiary level. The purpose is to explore the opinions of students and teachers about the effectiveness of syllabus at undergraduate level of Jahangirnagar University in Bangladesh. This qualitative study studies one hundred Students of Geography and Environmental Science Department from Jahangirnagar University. Both students and teachers are given questionnaire and interviewed for the study. Through data collection , this study finds out that the learners and the facilitators consider the syllabus is not experienced enough to enrich their communication skills properly as the apprentices lack practice and do not get enough exposure from that particular one course as the syllabus is not designed analyzing their needs. This study gives recommendations to teachers to restructure their syllabus after doing a needs analysis in relation to a particular subject to make it more effective and real for the respective learners.