Vocabulary Learning Difficulties

Vocabulary teaching and learning is a continuous challenge for teachers as well as students, because traditionally there has been negligible focus on vocabulary instruction in the EFL/ESL classroom.

Therefore, an increased stress on vocabulary development is vital for the English language learner in the process of language learning. Since vocabulary development is one of the essential components of language learning every student of a foreign language need to reside on vocabulary learning.

Teachers of a foreign language are inevitably involved in teaching vocabulary. Syllabuses and textbooks commonly state their objectives in terms of skills, topics, etc. but teachers are still trying to get their students to be responsive to vocabulary. So

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Vocabulary is an important component of the communicative skills in a new language. The linguistic David Wilkins ( ) summed up the importance of vocabulary learning as follows: “Without grammar very little can be conveyed, without vocabulary nothing can be conveyed.” Most learners acknowledge the importance of vocabulary acquisition. They understand the need of useful vocabulary to express themselves. Nevertheless students show little interest in learning vocabulary. Hence there is the need to create a learning environment leading to actively engage students and keep them motivated.

Students usually comment about some challenges they have on learning vocabulary, they said that their oral skill is affected by not knowing enough vocabulary words to use, and also forgetting them vocabularies very soon is another problem. However, vocabulary teaching has not always been very responsive to such problems, and teachers have not fully recognized the tremendous communicative advantage in developing vocabulary.

The teacher is held accountable for making sure students reach course expectations and are ready for the next level. Contextualized teaching materials are necessary to effectively teach vocabulary and assure students have a strong foundation for next

Words learned from a list appeared as an effective strategy for test and quick vocabulary recall; however, it did not facilitate students ' ability to use vocabulary learned in this way in relevant contexts. Students need to be familiarized with the words they are learning, placing them in their own culture, environment and interests; contextualized vocabulary acquisition is not only about vocabulary retention, but actual vocabulary use, which is the real aim of language