Investigating university students’ failure in English requirement courses
Other Title(s)
استقصاء تعثر طلاب الجامعة عند دراستهم لمتطلب اللغة الإنجليزية
Author
Source
Issue
Vol. 25, Issue 3 (30 Sep. 2019), pp.111-127, 17 p.
Publisher
University of Science and Technology
Publication Date
2019-09-30
Country of Publication
Yemen
No. of Pages
17
Main Subjects
Educational Sciences
Languages & Comparative Literature
Abstract EN
Some university students might fail at their first attempt to study English requirement courses, but later they perform well, ultimately recognizing that the courses were easy and their failure in such simple courses was a great loss.
Others continue failing, get frustrated and finally may quit trying.
The purpose of the current study, therefore, was to investigate the factors that contribute to university non-English major students’ failure in English courses.
A mixed model questionnaire was used to collect data from 56 male students who failed English at the University of Bisha, Saudi Arabia.
All participants had previously failed English and were repeating the English requirement course during the period of data collection.
Results of the study revealed that factors such as teachers, anxiety and inappropriate study methods were more responsible for students’ failure than motivation, friends and family problems.
Results also showed a significant difference between students who only failed the English course and those who failed two or more other courses.
Those who failed two or more courses scored higher on anxiety than those who failed only English.
Recommendations were that English teachers should be trained to follow collaborative learning and student-centered approaches and that the English curriculum for non-English major students should reflect their major.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Ali, Jamal Qaid Muhammad. 2019. Investigating university students’ failure in English requirement courses. Journal of Social Studies،Vol. 25, no. 3, pp.111-127.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-908075
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Ali, Jamal Qaid Muhammad. Investigating university students’ failure in English requirement courses. Journal of Social Studies Vol. 25, no. 3 (Sep. 2019), pp.111-127.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-908075
American Medical Association (AMA)
Ali, Jamal Qaid Muhammad. Investigating university students’ failure in English requirement courses. Journal of Social Studies. 2019. Vol. 25, no. 3, pp.111-127.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-908075
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 125-127
Record ID
BIM-908075