Document Type : Original Article

Authors

• jamal talebi ¹
• samad ramzi gharegheshlaghi ²
• gasem talebi gharegheshlaghi ³

¹ Associate Professor of Arabic Language and Literature, Department of Education, Farhangian University, Tehran, Iran

² Psychology Department. Payam-E-Noor University, Tehran, Iran

³ PhD Student in Educational Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz Branch, Tabriz, Iran

Abstract

The present study examines the level of difficulty in learning the four language skills of Arabic from the perspective of male and female students at Farhangian University (West Azerbaijan Province). Data collection was based on a researcher-made questionnaire, which, after obtaining the opinions of the research sample, was analysed using a descriptive-analytical approach and statistical analysis methods. The study sample in the present research includes 100 male and female students in different academic terms who were randomly selected. SPSS software was used to analyse the data. This research includes several axes: First, a theoretical framework focusing on language skills and the difficulties facing language learners and proposed strategies to improve them. Second, research method and tools. Third, statistical analysis of the data obtained from the responses of the study sample to identify the most important weaknesses and difficulties in teaching Arabic at Farhangian University, and to analyse the results. In the end, the most important result was that male and female students of Farhangian University have many difficulties in learning language skills such as speaking and writing, and among them, the difficulties of male students are much greater than female students, indicating that females have better language abilities compared to males

Keywords

• Arabic language teaching
• learning difficulties
• language skills
• Farhangian University