Barriers of Oral English Language Learning for Rapparin University Students in Kurdistan Region

Abubaker, Barham Qadir; Aziz, Shirwan Sharif; Saadi, Alan Slah; Ibrahim, Rawezh

doi:10.25130/jls.5.4.1.4

Barriers of Oral English Language Learning for Rapparin University Students in Kurdistan Region

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Barham Qadir Abubaker ¹

Shirwan Sharif Aziz ²

Alan Slah Saadi ³

Rawezh Ibrahim ⁴

¹ Pishdar Directorate of Education, Ministry of Education

² Education and Psychology Department, University of Raparin

³ Education and Psychology Department, University of koya

⁴ English Department, University of Raparin

10.25130/jls.5.4.1.4

Abstract

The ability to speak English fluently is one of the basic prerequisites to be a voice which can be heard in every corner of the world. In other words, learning oral English language has become an essential necessity for humans since individuals are integrated culturally and economically closely. It is crystal clear that what you intend to say highly depends on your oral language proficiency and accuracy which helps the listeners to get your oral messages appropriately. The study sets out a questionnaire which consists 25 closed ended questions that has been taken from The Survey on Barriers of Oral English Learning for College Learners in China by Yuehong Wei1 & Li Zhang 2013 with a little bit of change. The questionnaire distributed to the Kurdish learners of English from first stage to fourth stage randomly at Rapparin University in Kurdistan region of Iraq. The data which collected through the questionnaire has been analyzed via quantitative methods. The purpose of the study is to indicate the barriers of oral English language learning, and their accurate scales among the Kurdish learners of English.