Difficulties faced by Jordanian English and science major students in learning hybrid pairs

العناوين الأخرى

الصعوبات التي يواجهها الطلبة الأردنيون في تخصصي اللغة الإنجليزية و العلوم في تعلم الأزواج الهجينة

مقدم أطروحة جامعية

Haymur, Majidah Hashim

مشرف أطروحة جامعية

Abd al-Rahman, Wajih Hamad

أعضاء اللجنة

Husayn, Riyad Fayiz Isa
al-Abd al-Haqq, Fawwaz M.

الجامعة

جامعة الشرق الأوسط

الكلية

كلية الآداب و العلوم

القسم الأكاديمي

قسم اللغة الإنجليزية

دولة الجامعة

الأردن

الدرجة العلمية

ماجستير

تاريخ الدرجة العلمية

2012

الملخص الإنجليزي

This study explored difficulties faced by Jordanian English and science major students in learning hybrid pairs.

There is a sense of fear among the Jordanian students that the use and learning of hybrid pairs will be an in-surmountable problem.

This present study aimed at investigating the difficulties behind this sense, offered suggested solutions and tried to figure out if there was a relationship between specialization and learning hybrid pairs through answering the following three questions: - What makes hybrid pairs difficult to master by English and Science major Students? - What are the suggested solutions to overcome difficulties that English and Science major students encounter in learning hybrid pairs? - Is there a relationship between specialization and mastering hybrid pairs? To achieve these goals, the researcher selected a sample from the University of Jordan.

The sample consisted of two hundred (200) science and English major students (female and male).

Moreover, this sample was selected randomly from students at the final level.

The researcher used three instruments to answer the questions of the study: a questionnaire, diagnostic vocabulary tests and semistructured interviews which were distributed for collecting data; the instruments were designed specifically to address the questions of the study.

The questionnaire consisted of two parts.

The first part, entitled the difficulties that encounter students in learning hybrid pairs, consisted of twenty items; each item reflects their difficulties in learning hybrid pairs.

The second part, entitled the suggested solutions according to English and science major students, consisted of ten items; each item reflects their attitudes towards suggested solutions.

Part one and two are in the form of filling the number that corresponds to difficulties and suggested solutions in learning hybrid pairs according to the following scale: strongly agree, agree, uncertain, disagree, strongly disagree.

The second instrument entitled diagnostic vocabulary test aimed at finding out the relationship between learning hybrid pairs and specialization.

Through answering six sections, each section entitled diagnostic vocabulary test.

These sections were in the form of match between nouns and their adjectives, put right or false in front of each item and the last form was, fill in the blanks with a suitable word.

The researcher also conducted semi-structured interviews (See p.

51) with experts in the field of teaching English language to collect more information.

The results of the study revealed that English and science major students faced many difficulties in learning hybrid pairs.

The reasons behind these difficulties were found to be: 1- Hybrid pairs are morphologically unrelated (i.e.

there is no formal relationship between nouns and their adjectives).For example there is no relationship between "hand" and its adjective "manual".

2- Most textbook writers ignore such words.

3- Technical words (i.e.

hybrid pairs) are long, difficult to pronounce and unfamiliar so students avoid using them in their conversation.

4- Lack of knowledge of Latin and Greek elements (i.e.

they did not know the etymology of the word); this is because of lack of books on teaching the etymology of words.

The study, then, tested whether the findings were different from one field to another based on specialization.

The findings showed that there is a significant correlation between specialization and learning hybrid pairs.

There are statistically significant differences between English and science in favor of science.

Moreover, the researcher suggested some suitable solutions to these difficulties which are: - Teachers and students should activate themselves more by consulting and reading specialized references.

- Teaching etymology of words should be under study in Jordanian universities.

- The study concluded with some recommendations calling for further research.

التخصصات الرئيسية

اللغات والآداب المقارنة

عدد الصفحات

141

قائمة المحتويات

• APA
• MLA
• AMA

لغة النص

الإنجليزية

نوع البيانات

رسائل جامعية

رقم السجل

BIM-691672