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Title:
CHALLENGES OF LEARNING ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE (EFL) BY NON-NATIVE LEARNERS

Authors:
Mohammed H. Mohammed

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Mohammed H. Mohammed
Department of English, Faculty of Arts, Soran University, Soran, Iraq
Department of English, Rawanduz Private Technical Institute, Soran, Iraq

MLA 8
Mohammed, Mohammed H. "CHALLENGES OF LEARNING ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE (EFL) BY NON-NATIVE LEARNERS." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, vol. 3, no. 4, Apr. 2018, pp. 1381-1400, ijsser.org/more2018.php?id=97. Accessed 2018.
APA
Mohammed, M. H. (2018, April). CHALLENGES OF LEARNING ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE (EFL) BY NON-NATIVE LEARNERS. Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, 3(4), 1381-1400. Retrieved from ijsser.org/more2018.php?id=97
Chicago
Mohammed, Mohammed H. "CHALLENGES OF LEARNING ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE (EFL) BY NON-NATIVE LEARNERS." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research 3, no. 4 (April 2018), 1381-1400. Accessed , 2018. ijsser.org/more2018.php?id=97.

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Abstract:
This paper examines the ways of overcoming Difficulties of learning English as a foreign language this study aims at identifying the difficulties based on teachers' experiences in learning English as a foreign language, and also shows general strategies that are useful to overcome the difficulties of leaning language. The result shows that for learning English as foreign language, learners need a proper time and a good management; however, the results reveal that teachers' role, learning methods and strategies are vital, also the use of authentic materials motivate learners to develop their linguistics and communicative competence.

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