An evaluation of the effectiveness of English Curricula: aligning curriculums with industrial needs.

Abstract

This study investigates the effectiveness of current curriculums of English language courses approved by HEC for different graduate-level programs which are offered in various public and private universities and tells their potency with some remedies. The study involves a mixed method to finalize the results by a questionnaire which has been designed through adapting Harden’s ten questions for curriculum development approach. The data from the 200 graduate-level students of government universities and private universities of Pakistan have been involved. SPSS 2.3 has been used to perform the quantitative analysis. The results accept the hypothesis that the current curriculums of English language courses do not effectively help the students to enhance their English Language.