Difficulties Encountered by Sudanese Secondary School Students In Learning English Vocabulary

Abstract

This study aims to find out the difficulties encountered by Sudanese Secondary school Students while learning vocabulary, and analyzing it and trying to find solutions for it. The main question is that, why secondary school students find it difficult to learn Words' meanings and to recall them when needed. The study hypothesizes that English vocabulary itself is a difficult task for the students. Also the students have no strategies to help them know the words’ meanings, Moreover visual aids and games help students much to improve their English vocabulary. To collect data for this study the researcher followed the descriptive method through which he designed a questionnaire for (40) English language teachers (male / Female) who are still working as English teachers. In addition to that the researcher tested (56) Secondary school students. As a result, to the above it is noticed that. - Secondary school students face difficulties while learning vocabulary especially when they are alone. - Secondary school students have no strategies to help them to learn vocabulary. - Using visual aids and games help students to - Improve their vocabulary. According to the results, the following is recommended. English language teachers must be awared that vocabulary learning is difficult for the students - Students must be taught basic strategies for learning words. Visual aids and games must be used during teaching process. Literature is one of the great means that help students to develop their vocabulary knowledge..