Focus on Problems of Teaching English Language for Bilingual Pupils. A Case Study- ElObied North – basic level schools, Sudan.
This study was carried out at in ElObied North – basic level schools, North Kordofan State, Sudan.. The study aimed to list and reveals the problems that face teachers teaching bilingual children to acquire English language. And to point out the requirements of teaching bilingualism and to suggest solutions to develop the students listening practice properly. The study followed the descriptive analytic approach. The primary data was collected by structured questionnaire, using a simple random sample technique for 50 teachers representing 40% of the total English language teachers (125). The data were analyzed using (SPSS – The Statistical Package for Social sciences version 16 and Pearson’s reciprocity was also applied with the significance of (0, 05). The results of the study revealed that (40%) of the teachers have bachelor degree and (70%) have (5-10) years of experience. (30%) of the teachers always face problems to teach English to bilingual learners and (42%) of their Bilinguals face problems to acquire English language. (30%) of Schools always supply teachers with CDs and Mps and posters. And 56% of the respondents pointed that teachers’ representation is always based on Arabic translation. The study concluded that students face Listening problems encountered in English as a Foreign Language in the Classroom because of the lack of the requirements of practicing listening (media in native speaker voice).Therefore, the study recommends that school should supply teachers with the media.To investigate the teachers’ focusing on child language acquisition. To reveal and analyze the problems that teacher face to teach children to acquire English language. To point out the problems that children face while learning and acquiring English language.
