The Significance of an English Foundation Course at the Kuwait International College of Law, (KiLaw) in Kuwait
Dr Abbas Al-Shammari
English Department Consultant – Kuwait International Law School
Abstract:
Since the researcher of this paper is a counselor for the English Unit of Kuwait International College of Law (KiLaw), which is entirely specialized in law and legal studies, his pivotal focus through this paper is to analyze a worrying problem that he noticed with regard to the outcome of the English papers at this college. The researcher pokes into the reasons beyond the wide chasm between the high outcome of students> achievement in English in the high school and the stumbling results they attain in the English subjects exams at the said college. The researcher demonstrates a host of factors that lie beyond the students> weakness in English, which stymie their academic progress. For remedying this problem, the researcher recommends an English foundation course that fresh students should join before commencing their academic study. The goal of this course – the researcher claims – is to prepare the students to pursue their study of the English papers without retard.
A foreign language can be quite difficult to master especially for learners who are living in their mother country. However, students are expected to have certain knowledge in English language to be able to continue their studies and communicate easily in their personal and professional life. Unfortunately, most of today’s students do not seem to reach the level required due to some reasons that the researcher intends to discuss in this paper. In addition to that, the researcher will investigate another issue, which is the retardation of high school students in passing English papers exams when joining the university although they have already passed English exams of the high school certificate appropriately. The pivotal focus of this paper is to analyze the reasons beyond the wide chasm between the high outcome of students> achievement in English in high school and the low results students could attain in the English subjects exams at the university.