The Problems Of Language: The Problem Of English Language Proficiency

English Language is a lingua franca across the world such as the scientific, social science, education and other industries. According to The New Websters’ International Encyclopedia, (1996), it is stated that there are more than 400 million people in the United States, the British Isles, Canada, New Zealand, Australia and South Arica use its native language which is the English Language. However, the deteriorating of English Language proficiency among the students in Malaysia is a hurdle despite its important role as an international language. This is because there are still many students who cannot master English Language. The problem of English Language proficiency is the lack of confidence in students that need to be overcome with a solution.

One of the biggest problems of English Language proficiency is that students have the low confidence in themselves. Students do not have confidence mainly because they are afraid of conversing in English. The most common mistake that students encounter is that they have a poor grammar that leads them to be unable to communicate with people well especially with the English speakers. A study had reported in the book with the title “Exploring Errors in Grammar”, one of the common mistakes made by students was the singular and plural distinction. For example, ‘Chemistry are too difficult for me’ consists of a grammatical error. In the sentence that has mentioned earlier, the correct sentence should be ‘Chemistry is too difficult for