Appropriateness of service courses at East West University

Abstract

Students enrolling at East West University reportedly face difficulties to cope with teaching their text and reference books. As the books and the medium of instruction and examination are in English many students fail it difficult to manage. In an attempt to overcome or at least case the problem of linguistic complexity of the students, East West University introduces 4 English courses Eng 099 Remedial English, Eng 100-spoken English, Eng 101-Basic English, Eng 102- Composition and Communication skills.These are the courses, here it is known as “service course’. This thesis is concerned in seeking out the appropriateness of the service course. According to the office of the Department of BBA at East West University, 1874 students completed service courses from the department last year (spring 2005, summer 2005, and fall 2005). All the students had to take four service courses. The present study to examine the appropriateness of service courses through a systematic analysis