A critical study of crescent English course for secondary stage in Yemen

Abstract

NEED AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY: 1. English is an international language an instrument to communicate with the rest of the world. 2. Every day, there are more people in need of learning English. 3. The authors of Crescent English Course (Terry O’Neill and Peter Snow) are British and the book has been published by Oxford University Press. 4. This course created mixed reaction among the teachers, some of them finding it difficult and some others finding it suitable to them and their learners. 5. Teachers find it hard to implement Crescent English Course in real situation in schools. The reason behind that is basically the teachers’ lack of proficiency crowded classes, weakness of the learners and absence of supervision and administration. 6. As teacher’s book as one of the components of Crescent English Course isn’t available, that makes textbooks only theoretical rather practical. 7. This study will help authorities in Inspectorate Section in Ministry of Education as well as Curriculum Development Project improve and develop teaching methods, textbooks and educational philosophy in Yemen. 8. It would help teachers to overcome language in CECM, not culture within this language. Instead of giving new ideas about new course, there should be attempt to infuse Yemeni culture and Islamic values with the help of English. 9. It will provide guidelines to the teachers and syllabus designers in Ministry of Education. 10. It will help learners to overcome their problems in English textbooks. STETMENT OF THE PROBLEM: A CRITICAL STUDY OF CRESCENT ENGLISH COURSE FOR SECONDARY STAGE IN YEMEN OPERATIONAL DEFINITIONS: 1) A critical study: It has to do with judging writings or works of art for unfavorable judgment a bout anything. In this study, it implies knowing the positive and negative points in Crescent English Course for Yemen. This study also comes to reflect on the nature of the academic study of Yemeni education. According to the findings of the study, the researcher criticized with the supporting by the previous studies, some books and articles. 2) Crescent English Course: The Crescent English Course for secondary stage X, XI, XII prescribed by Ministry of Education in Yemen, which was prepared by two British authors and published by Oxford University Press for Arab World. 3) Secondary Stage: It is the X, XI, XII levels. After that, students can join university. The age group of the students at this stage is (16-18) years.