English, as we know is recognized as the official international language and most of the people across the globe have good command on it. But do you think this is their first language? Do you think that they are good English speakers so it might be their native language?
But no, there are a lot of people for whom English is not their first language but they have adopted it and learned to have a good command on it.
5 Problems Beginner English Learners Face and How to Overcome Them
Yes, it is true that learning a second language is never easy and if it is English, then it poses some serious difficulties. Suppose you take the example of African countries, then English is not their native language and they face a lot of challenges while learning English as a foreign language.
1. Teachers/Tutors Who Are Not Qualified:
In most of the countries, this is the most significant as well as overlooked problem. Therefore, it makes the situation more difficult to solve. Since the students who come to learn are not from the English native background so they cannot identify between a good teacher or unqualified one. They cannot identify whether the teacher is making correct or incorrect statements. The situation can become worse when more than one teacher would teach the same language, it will create huge confusion in the mind of learners.
In such cases, the would face problem while translating from their native language and explain the entire thing in English
2. Improper Learning Environment:
When we refer to the imperfect learning environment, then it is well understood that we are not talking about the weather or climate, furniture of school or location. The most important thing is, what you learn outside the class among your peers. Most of the time it happens that students only make efforts to learn the language when they are under the supervision of teachers. One more problem is that student do not find people around them speaking in English and hence they do not get an encouraging environment.
3. Finding Proper Learning Resources:
While you study something new, it becomes very important that you have good learning materials such as books, writing materials which would aid in your learning process. Along with the books, you would require audio tolls which would make the sentence structure and pronunciation clear to you. If the students do not get proper material they also study in a haphazard way, they lose out on learning the way to pronounce the words. Sometimes students can also learn from movies they regularly watch. But this is not good as movies use slang language most of the time which would confuse the students.
4. The Universal Problem: Students Do Not Take Studies Seriously:
Yes, we know that students never take studies seriously, they only study for the exam. Therefore it becomes necessary to create an environment that will help them to communicate in English even at home. While the students are communicating it is not important that they should always be grammatically correct, let them learn with their own pace. Tn the first attempt they need to look for knowing the words and what do they mean, then the pronunciation and later on moving over to grammar.
5. Overuse Of Native Language In the Class:
Most of the students or learners use their first language or native language to communicate in the class. So it must be monitored that classrooms must provide a good environment for the students to learn and imbibe good communication skills.
Conclusion:
So to make the long story short, teachers, as well as parents and other tutors, must make sure that students or learners must get a proper environment, proper material to encourage learning English. Although EnglishBix will always be there to help you out.