Abstract:
This study aims at investigating the difficulties encountered 2nd year students at
Sudan University of Science and Technology, on using vocabulary; and analyzing
it; and trying to find some solutions for them. In order to collect data for this study,
the researcher followed the descriptive and analytical method. The researcher
designed a test as a tool of gathering data for 40 students (male and female) at the
second level, Sudan University of Science and Technology, as a sample of the
study. The collected data is analyzed by (SPSS) program and the results revealed
the following: the students face difficulties when they use English vocabulary. Add
to that, the students do not know the word form, because they did not master using
suffixes, prefixes and compound words properly. Furthermore; the students do not
perceive the meaning of words such as collocation, synonym, antonym and
homophones from the context. According to above mentioned results, the
researcher recommended that the students should be taught rules of prefixes and
suffixes besides being taught meaning of words like synonym, antonym,
collocation, and homophones within context. Finally, the researcher suggested
some studies for further research.
