The prospective role of communicative language on the alumni competitive advantage
Bnar Abdulmajeed Ghafour
Technical Administration College, Erbil Polytechnic University, Iraq
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Published: February 22, 2023
Abstract
Research can be regarded as a valuable tool for academics to study their teaching practices and achieve a deeper understanding of themselves, method of teaching, curriculum, classroom environment. This study attempts to investigate the role of English language as a language of communication in teaching process. Besides, it focuses on learning environments in terms of instruction and programs. A mixed method approach was utilized to collect data. To this end, for the quantitative method 123 participant students (59 males and 64 females) filled out a questionnaire electronically. For the qualitative phase, 12 lecturers in engineering, medical and management specialization were chosen. They were later interviewed about their teaching experiences using English as the language of communication in their own classes including the instruction and programs. The results indicated that students confirmed the imperative impact role of language of communication on their learning environment, as well as their future vacancy chances in labor and their multicultural intelligences. Additionally, the results also identified many advantages behind the implementation of instructions and programs in English language such as improving the teaching staff professionalism, increasing students’ learning resources, increasing self-confidence and self-awareness, and supporting student in becoming competitive graduators. However, a number of challenges were also found to hinder the lecturers work such as large class sizes, individual differences, class design and the lack of support from the teaching institution.
Keywords: Teaching process, Learning environment, Competitive Alumni and Language of Communication.
DOI: 10.23918/vesal2023v12