Areas of Weakness in Learning English for Arab Students

Abstract: Arab students often experience problems when pronouncing English phonemes and letters because of the multiple local dialects and accents. Each language across the world has its own rules and semantic qualities that distinguish it from other languages. Generations inherit these oral characteristics from the ancient without choice to make their particular linguistic formation, and this becomes a constant custom. Arabic ESL learners encounter various pronunciation hurdles when working to develop the fluency of their English language, which impacts how learners study to form English letter sounds. This paper examines the problems experienced by Arab students in acquiring English as a second language. The research will explore differences between English and their native language, which makes it difficult to learn English, the various problems that students encounter, communication problems and teaching strategies, writing and speaking problems, and associated reasons for the different problems, general causes of weaknesses Arabs face when learning English, and the proposed solutions to improve English proficiency. Keywords: Arab students, English language, students encounter, communication problems, teaching strategies. Title: Areas of Weakness in Learning English for Arab Students Author: Reham Al-Dabbous, Reem Al-Nouri International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online) Vol. 13, Issue 4, October 2025 - December 2025 Page No: 640-646 Research Publish Journals Website: www.researchpublish.com Published Date: 27-December-2025 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18067439 Paper Download Link (Source) https://www.researchpublish.com/papers/areas-of-weakness-in-learning-english-for-arab-students