English course in two vocational upper-secondary schools in Kosovo and Macedonia - A critical approach
| Author | Osman Osmani - Albulena Lala-Zeqiri |
| Position | University of Pristina 'Hasan Prishtina', Kosovo - Secondary teacher |
| Pages | 18-27 |
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l. 4 N
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. 2
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, 2018
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cademic Journal o
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Business,
A
dministration, Law and Social Science
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PCCL Publishin
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, Graz-
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ustri
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ISS
N 2410-391
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E
ng
l
is
h
course in two vocationa
l
upper-secon
d
ar
y
sc
h
oo
l
s in Kosovo an
d
M
ace
d
onia – A critica
l
a
pp
roac
h
Ph
D (C.) Osman Osmani
U
niversity o
f
Pristina “Hasan Prishtina”, Kosov
o
P
h
D (C.) A
lb
u
l
ena La
l
a-Ze
q
iri
S
econ
d
ary teac
h
er
Ab
str
a
c
t
Vocational education today has become a great necessity. This is due to the
f
act that the labor
m
arket o
ers various pro
f
essional opportunities.
I
t is not enough just to know its signi
fi
cance
th
eoretica
ll
y.
U
n
l
ess accompanie
d
b
y practica
l
concretization, its passive awareness is just
n
onsense. Today, schools all over the world o
er pro
f
essional education. This is an undeniable
f
act. Macedonia and Kosovo o
er the same education too. However, whether the la er are
preparing students
f
or the international market or not, remains a puzzle.
W
e conducted a comparative study in order to examine the syllabi o
f
two vocational schools,
“
A
rseni Jovkov” in Macedonia and “Jonuz Zejnullahu” in Kosovo, and
fi
nd out which one
b
e er satis
fi
es students needs and expectations.
I
n addition, we interviewed three teachers
f
rom each school.
I
t is to be noted that we adapted a critical approach throughout the study.
B
ased on the
fi
ndings, it is revealed that none o
f
the schools o
er
E
SP course
f
or their students.
However, while in Macedonia it is the Ministry itsel
f
through the Bureau o
f
E
ducation that
d
esigns the syllabus and is the determiner o
f
the school textbooks; in Kosovo pro
f
essors do
have a kind o
f
autonomy in designing their syllabi. Nevertheless, the la er although having
a
n advantage in this regard, yet again choose General
E
nglish course instead o
f
E
SP.
I
n any
case, the Ministries o
f
both states should re
fl
ect upon
E
SP, and incorporate it in the school
curriculum, considering the
f
act that pro
f
essors are willing to adapt
E
SP course in their schools
.
Ke
y
wor
d
s
:
E
SP, G
E
, Mace
d
onia, Kosovo, vocationa
l
e
d
ucation, stu
d
ents.
I
ntr
odu
ct
io
n
A
ims an
d
O
b
jectives
T
he aim o
f
this research is to examine, analyze, and contrast the
E
nglish syllabi o
f
two vocational upper-secondary schools o
f
two states, Macedonia and Kosovo, and
s
ee whether
E
nglish
f
or S
p
eci
fi
c Pur
p
oses (
E
SP) is being a
pp
lied in these two schools
or not. The aim o
f
researching the current web pages o
f
the Ministry o
f
E
ducation o
f
b
oth countries accom
p
anied us during the whole
p
rocess o
f
the stud
y
. Furthermore,
i
n order to get to know the actual situation, we aimed to interview six teachers
f
rom
tw
o
v
o
c
a
t
io
n
al
sc
hool
s: t
h
r
ee
M
a
c
edo
n
ia
n c
i
t
i
z
e
ns
a
n
d
t
h
r
ee
K
o
s
o
v
a
n
o
n
e
s. T
he
la
ws
a
b
out vocationa
l
e
d
ucation, its aim, an
d
stu
d
ents’ expectations were avai
l
a
bl
e an
d
d
ownloadable
f
or ever
y
one.
I
n addition, one o
f
our objectives was to ada
p
t a critical
a
pp
roach and tr
y
to come out with results which we considered to be ver
y
crucial
f
or
the Ministry o
f
E
ducation in general and
E
nglish pro
f
essors o
f
the very same schools
i
n
p
articular.
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