Investigating the Difficulties Facing ESP Learners in Terminology Learning (Study Case: Psychology Department)

Abstract

The aim of the study is to investigate the difficulties facing ESP students of psychology in learning terminology. The study has adopted descriptive and analytical method, where the researcher has chosen (50) students of second year from the Department of Psychology, Sudan University of Science and Technology. The findings of the study are: Students of ESP encounter difficulties in learning psychological terminology, due to the lack of language knowledge of some factors, such as anxiety and fear of mistakes. The researcher has recommended that students of psychology have to seek instant solution of the problem by eliminating any factors that can affect their language learning process.