Al Ghazali's dialogue: language instructors and students' perspective on the overall effectiveness of the subject

Abstract

This study aims to investigate a framework that integrates both Case-Based and Critical thinking skills into the teaching of English; mainly targeted at improving one's communicative competence. The subject, known as Al-Ghazali's Dialogue: English for Communication encourages deep discussions that require both the application of critical thinking and problem solving skills using case studies. The proposed framework has been presented and recognised for its' successful entrepreneurial opportunities. The findings from this study are an extension to the first phase of this research process, which looked at introducing the subject to other public and private universities and other government and non-governmental bodies seeking language learning enhancement activities. This phase presents findings that were piloted to both students and language instructors from UPNM who have actively been involved in the teaching and learning of this subject. Using a quantitative analysis, the results yielded significant findings indicating positive feedback on the subject in terms of its efficacy. These findings co-relate with the upcoming Phase 3 of the research process, which suggest for this subject to be promoted and further highlighted to other tertiary institutions and organizations.