The Role of Vocabulary in Developing Ready Skills

Abstract

This study aims to investigate the vocabulary problems that hider learners to master English reading skill. It also present ways of developing learners reading skill. The researcher has a adopted the descriptive analytical method to conduct the research. A test has been used as a tool for collecting data. Data have been statistically analyzed. The sample of the study was limited to the one year students of English college of languages at Omdurman Islamic university of the sample was forty students of first year. They were chosen randomly. The researcher has arrived at the following important results .EFL students have real vocabulary problems that hinder mastery of their reading skills in English.EFL students lack practice of word sense relations. Vocabulary learning seems to have being mainly related to met cognitive learning strategy. Based on the research findings, the researcher has presented the following recommendations.EFL students should adopt the best practices of vocabulary building, such as reading of different types of texts, wuzzles (word puzzle), word – play , ets. Necessity of activating different strategies of vocabulary – learning , such as glosses. Necessity of applying reading strategies and techniques. Curriculums should contain ways of developing reading skill. learners should be motivated to enrich their vocabulary to read good English. Student should refer to a dictionary of synonyms and antonyms.