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Reading Difficulties Faced by ESL Undergraduate Learners: The Case of King Khalid University in Saudi Arabia

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  • Chitra Dhanapal

    (Assistant Professor of English, Science and Arts college for girls-AlMajardha, King Khalid University, Abha-Saudi Arabia)

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Reading is one of the important language learning skills in English. The purpose of this research is to find out the difficulties in reading skill among undergraduate Arab undergraduate students of. Widely, English is the preferred language for communication and job sector so it is important to accomplish the difficulties in learning the language. Reading is one of the important skills when learning the language. There are some factors and strategies to achieve success in reading. This paper tried to find out those problems and strategies to overcome the difficulties. For the data, a survey was conducted among 77 undergraduate English department students of level-3 from King Khalid University, Almajardha campus. The results from the survey help to find out the difficulties and strategies to overcome the problem.

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  • Chitra Dhanapal, 2019. "Reading Difficulties Faced by ESL Undergraduate Learners: The Case of King Khalid University in Saudi Arabia," International Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Translation, Al-Kindi Center for Research and Development, vol. 2(6), pages 331-336, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:alk:ijllt0:v:2:y:2019:i:6:id:625
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