Diffiicultis of Teaching and Lanague Faced Sudanes University Students

Abstract

ABSTRACT This study attempts to fill a gap in the field of teaching and learning of negation and interrogation in the context of Sudan. It has been conducted with the aim of investigating the problems and difficulties that face the Sudanese learners of English with special reference to learners of English at University of Gedarif, Faculty of Education, English Department, Batch 12. This study has four hypotheses, they dealt with the difficulties in negation and that face the learners and the causes of these difficulties in addition to present a suitable solutions by proposing a separate course for teaching and learning of negation and interrogation. Experimental methods has been made to collect data from learners and teachers at English departments in Sudan, the learners are student of English at University of Gedarif Faculty of Education English Department Batch 12 as an example of Sudanese learners of English. Three tests are administrated to the learners and a questionnaire for teachers, beside an evaluation of the syllabuses of some Sudanese universities. The analysis of the collected data has revealed that, the Sudanese learners of English find some difficulties while dealing with negation and interrogation; an explicit taught course was introduced to the learners, the performance of the learners improved to a great extent after the course but there is no 100% correct answers in all questions. The researcher suggests introduction of a separate course for teaching negation and interrogation of English, using more learner- centered techniques. Recommendations and suggestions for further studies have been made.