http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2021(VI-I).17
10.31703/gssr.2021(VI-I).17
Published : Mar 2021
Vocabulary Barriers Experienced by University Students in the Process of Learning English as a Foreign Language
The purpose of this research was to analyze the vocabulary barriers experienced by learners of public sector universities and colleges situated in South Punjab. SPSS version 23 was used to check the frequency and percentage of the responses of the respondents. The bulk of the learners indicated that they fail to achieve sufficient vocabulary to satisfy their educational and social needs due to certain factors such as the scope and magnitude of the assignments given to the students meaning the number of words that L2 learners need to learn is extraordinarily large. Similarly, the difference between spoken and written English becomes challenging on the way of learning L2 properly. To overcome all these barriers, the role of English language teachers is vulnerable as he is regarded as the custodian of L2 classroom, especially in EC and OC Circle countries and Pakistan is included in OC Circle countries.
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(1) Muhammad Ahsan
Lecturer, Department of English, Ghazi University, Dera Ghazi Khan, Punjab, Pakistan.
(2) Shahid Nawaz
Assistant Professor, Department of English Linguistics, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
(3) Syed Waseem Azhar Seemab
Assistant Professor, Department of English, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Rahimyar Khan Campus, Punjab, Pakistan.
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APA : Ahsan, M., Nawaz, S., & Seemab, S. W. A. (2021). Vocabulary Barriers Experienced by University Students in the Process of Learning English as a Foreign Language. Global Social Sciences Review, VI(I), 173-182. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2021(VI-I).17
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CHICAGO : Ahsan, Muhammad, Shahid Nawaz, and Syed Waseem Azhar Seemab. 2021. "Vocabulary Barriers Experienced by University Students in the Process of Learning English as a Foreign Language." Global Social Sciences Review, VI (I): 173-182 doi: 10.31703/gssr.2021(VI-I).17
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HARVARD : AHSAN, M., NAWAZ, S. & SEEMAB, S. W. A. 2021. Vocabulary Barriers Experienced by University Students in the Process of Learning English as a Foreign Language. Global Social Sciences Review, VI, 173-182.
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MHRA : Ahsan, Muhammad, Shahid Nawaz, and Syed Waseem Azhar Seemab. 2021. "Vocabulary Barriers Experienced by University Students in the Process of Learning English as a Foreign Language." Global Social Sciences Review, VI: 173-182
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MLA : Ahsan, Muhammad, Shahid Nawaz, and Syed Waseem Azhar Seemab. "Vocabulary Barriers Experienced by University Students in the Process of Learning English as a Foreign Language." Global Social Sciences Review, VI.I (2021): 173-182 Print.
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OXFORD : Ahsan, Muhammad, Nawaz, Shahid, and Seemab, Syed Waseem Azhar (2021), "Vocabulary Barriers Experienced by University Students in the Process of Learning English as a Foreign Language", Global Social Sciences Review, VI (I), 173-182
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TURABIAN : Ahsan, Muhammad, Shahid Nawaz, and Syed Waseem Azhar Seemab. "Vocabulary Barriers Experienced by University Students in the Process of Learning English as a Foreign Language." Global Social Sciences Review VI, no. I (2021): 173-182. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2021(VI-I).17