Perceptions of Islamic Studies Students towards English Language: A Study at Undergraduate Level in southern Punjab

Abstract

Mostly Islamic studies students have mixture of the languages in their mind i.e. Arabic. Urdu, English etc. They are facing some linguistic problem in learning their course contents. Presently there is no specific course of study and curriculum suited for this particular purpose. Keeping in view actual problems of the students. It creates the need of consideration to the opinion of students while designing their course contents. The emphasis of this paper is on the perceptions of Islamic Studies students on the importance of learning the English Language for the comprehension of Islamic study course contents. 63 Islamic Studies students from The Islamia University of Bahawalpur and Government Sadiq college women University Bahawalpur were administered with the needs analysis questionnaire. The collected data were analyzed quantitatively through SPSS (version 22). The results of this study shows that students have a positive perception to learn English Language to achieve the success in their subject matter related to Islamic study. The findings of the current study are significant for teachers, Students and policy makers.