A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Award of the degree"Licence en langue et littérature Anglaises

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The first chapter aims at providing the reader with the necessary information about the topic under investigation. It deals with the background information. The second chapter has to do with theories and involves different concepts and works related to the topic under study. It reports the findings of other researchers.allowing thereby to know wthat t be based on in the analysis of the data from the research of the topic under investigationn. The third chapter is concrtned with the Methodology used which findings embodies the problems encountered by the BNurundian militaries in service missions abroad. " The fourth chapter deals with the presentation of the data collected, analysis and interpretation of the findings. It also seeks to provide answers to the research questions. The last chapter is about the conclusion drawn from the research questions according to the research hypotheses whose main target is to investigate the problems encountered by the Burundian militaries when using the English language in service missions abroad. Case of listening and speaking skills of AMISOM officers? It is also in this part of our work that we sum up the whole work chapter after chapter. In addition recommendations to improve English in the Burundian Army personnel in charge of peacekeeping mission abroad in general and Burundian officers in particular have been addressed to the mission, planners, organizes and the participants.