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- Title
Difficulties In Using Prepositions In The English Language Correctly Among Efl Students At Jordanian Universities.
- Authors
Al-Bawaleez, Mohammad Musleh; Hidayah Abdullah, Ahmad Taufik
- Abstract
The process of learning a new language, like education in general, is challenging. However, every learning process has unique conflicts and confrontations of its own. Non-native English speakers have issues and challenges as they acquire the language, which may resemble those faced by other non-native English speakers in some ways. Thus, mastering English prepositions might be challenging for nonnative Arabic speakers of the language who are fluent in English. This study aimed to explain the issues that Arabic-speaking students who are studying English encounter when acquiring and learning English prepositions, as well as the causes of these issues. The main language barrier and the learners' Arabic mother tongue impact are shown to be the leading causes of this difficulty in acquiring this crucial linguistic and grammatical component. This paper concludes that students who speak Arabic as their first language highlight the value of contrastive analysis when studying English articles. This is because Arabic speakers who speak their first language in English have a very difficult time using English articles.
- Subjects
JORDAN; SECOND language acquisition; SPOKEN English; ENGLISH language; PREPOSITIONS; NATIVE language
- Publication
Journal of Language & Linguistics Studies, 2023, Vol 19, Issue 3, p1
- ISSN
1305-578X
- Publication type
Article