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Problems for English Learners in the United Arab Emirates - TEFL Blog
Tue, 05 May 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
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Problems for English Learners in the United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates though being a discrete country is a league of 7 states comprising people whose first language is Arabic. UAE being a prominent Arab country in Middle East homes to a myriad of Arabs from neighboring countries. Hence, the challenges that a learner's faces are also varying depending on the nativity of the person. I firmly believe there are four basic challenges that learners face in the UAE.
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The primary challenge a learner faces is the cultural background that the student carries.
Also, there is a problem with comprehension.
However few English words have their roots in Arabic, the two languages follow very different conventions.... [Read more]
