Abstract:
This study is designed to look at causes of student’s difficulties in learning English language
among senior secondary school students in Wamakko Local
Government
Area
of Sokoto State;
Implications for
language Educators. T
he study looks at the difficulties student encounter in the
learning of English language and which could be the reason for the
ir
lack of proficiency in Oral
and written English.
Learning is relatively permanent change in behavior as a result of exposure to condition
in the environment. Also learning is an inference from some performance of the organism
manifesting change
of behavior, change in behavior must be permanent and this
implies
gain to
the organism for his/her survival. However, the concept of learning is the relatively permanent
change in behavior or capability that results from experience. It is concerned with relatively
stable change that occurs in an individual behavior as a result of interaction with his
environment. The reasons that cause student difficulty in English language learning are due to
learners, lack of efficiency of the school, and the insufficient parents’ promotion of the language.
More
over, Alderman (2
004), observes on
the students’ poor performance in language learning
affected from a lack of effort, lack of effective learning strategies, whereas a good language
learner is a highly motivated student
and a successful user of a large number of different
strategies (Trawinski, 2005). So, teachers have to help them improve the motivational belief and
language learning strategies in order to find ways that reach to their academic achievement.
