JASL - Journal of Applied Studies in Language
Vol. 6 No. 2 (2022): Dec. 2022

Problems faced by non-English department students of Nahdlatul Ulama University of Blitar in learning English

Tyas Alhim Mubarok (Universitas Nahdlatul Ulama Blitar)
Siti Rofiah (Universitas Nahdlatul Ulama Blitar)



Article Info

Publish Date
06 Dec 2022

Abstract

English is not only considered as obligation course but also it is now a need course. Therefore all university students including non-English department must have English course to prepare themselves facing globalization and industrial era. As the result, it is salient to know what problems they are facing in learning English. So the lecturers are expected to be able to improve their ability in achieving the goals in learning English. This study is aimed to investigate what kinds of problem faced by non-English department students in learning English. This study belongs to descriptive quantitative research method. The data were gained by observing and giving questionnaire to the non-English department students. The result shows that non-English department students mostly find difficulties in almost English skills such as speaking, reading, writing, and listening. Therefore it is needed more efforts for lecturers to teach non-English department students well by selecting the appropriate teaching methods.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

JASL

Publisher

Subject

Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

Focus and Scope Journal of Applied Studies in Language is focusing on research in languages and language teaching. The journal covers two main areas: Linguistics, including, but not limited to, Phonology, Morphology, Syntax, Semantics, Pragmatics, Discourse, Language Acquisition, Sociolinguistics ...