Abstract:
This study aims at investigating the difficulties facing E F L students in
dealing and understanding ambiguous sentences. The researcher adopted the
descriptive method for data collection. The test was designed and given to
40 students at Sudan University of Science and Technology. Then the
researcher analyzed the data and arrived at the following results: E F L
students at Sust University are unable to deal with ambiguous sentences
correctly particularly to identify semantic and structural ambiguous
sentences. According to above results the researcher recommended that:
Teachers of English language should give more exercises to Students, so as
to be able to deal and understand ambiguous sentences correctly. Also
Teachers of English language should introduce to students different types of
ambiguous sentences in order to facilitate learning process.
