Problems of Recognizing the Structure of English words as Encountered by Sudan University Students

Abstract

This study aimed at investigating the problems encountered by Sudan University of Science and Technology in recognizing the structure of English words . The researcher chose a descriptive analytical method. A test is used as an instrument for data collection. A sample of 50 students is randomly selected from Al-Nilein University, faculty of Arts, Department of English language (second year students). To verify the reliability of the tool, the researcher has selected ten students randomly other than the research population, five from Omdurman Islamic university, English language, five from Sudan university of science and technology, English language. The result of the pilot study was proved the reliability of the tool. The studied data have been analyzed by using SPSS method. The reached some results after which there are some recommendations and suggestions for further studies.

The students have knowledge of familiar words only. They have no ability to attach affixes to the relevant root words. Besides, most of the students were unable to recognize root word of affixes words .The second question revealed that the students of English language encounter some problems of recognizing the parts of speech. The students’ unawareness of word structure refer to the teaching methods in the area of morphology, particularly the word structure.

Finally, the study makes the following recommendations:

Teachers should give students full details about affixes and the way of using them with the parts of speech, This information should be at an earlier stage in learning English when preparing their teaching materials. Besides, They should intensify different kind of written tests related to the word form. Moreover, Teachers should follow how to convert adjective to adverb and verb to noun.