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- Title
A SWOT ANALYSIS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION IN REGARD TO ITS PROVISION OF ENGLISH COMMUNICATION COURSES: A CASE OF ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES (EAP) AND ENGLISH FOR PROFESSIONAL PURPOSES (EPP).
- Authors
Makamani, Rewai
- Abstract
This study attempts a SWOT analysis of the higher level English Communication courses offered by the Department of Communication at the Polytechnic of Namibia (Communication Skills, Professional Writing and Professional Communication), in order to probe the current situation and use the findings to argue a case for English for Academic Purposes (EAP) and English for Professional Purposes (EPP) as alternative higher level courses. The study aims at carving a niche for an English curriculum that meets the demands made upon the learners by target situations. Therefore, the problem that this study seeks to address is that whereas learners face a heterogeneous target situation characterized by varieties of English, (English for Specific Academic Purposes (ESAP), English for Specific Business Purposes (ESBP), English for Legal Purposes (ELP), English for Medical Purposes (EMP), English for Economics (EE) and English for Science and Technology (EST), as the case may be, (Dudley – Evans and St John,1998)), the higher level courses expose students to mainly a generalised English curriculum which, by and large, does not fully address the requirements of the target situation. Findings from the study are aimed at bolstering efforts to implement an ESP curriculum that meets the expectation of learners as is demanded by the target situation. The study employs a descriptive analysis of data within the qualitative research paradigm.
- Subjects
NAMIBIA; ENGLISH language education in universities &; colleges; AIMS &; objectives of higher education; CONTENT analysis; TECHNICAL education planning; COMMUNICATIVE competence; QUALITATIVE research
- Publication
NAWA Journal of Language & Communication, 2012, Vol 6, Issue 1, p51
- ISSN
1993-3835
- Publication type
Article