ONE FACTORS THAT HINDER THE ASSIMILATION OF LINGUISTIC COURES CASE STUDY:THE FIRST YEAR STUDENTS OF ENGLISH AT MOHAMED KHIDER UNIVERSITY BISKRA

Abstract

One of the major problems that face language learners, especially those freshers of first year level, is in their understanding of the Linguistic courses. To examine this problem, the present work sets out to study some of the factors that hinder the assimilation of those courses. Along this study, we have been trying to answer the following questions: why do the new students of English have such difficulties in assimilating the Linguistic courses? Why are they unable to achieve good results despite the teachers 'competence? Is the problem due to the newness of the subject? Is it linked to the students’ background knowledge of the language? Or it has a relation with the difficulty in understanding the Linguistic terms? Our main objectives are to spot the light on the students’ deficiencies in Linguistics, to propose remedial material to overcome these deficiencies, and to sensitize students to the importance of Linguistics to improve their language knowledge. We found it appropriate to adapt the descriptive method in order to deal with the theoretical part of this investigation. However, separate questionnaires were addressed to both participants to find what the responsible aspects of the problem are. In addition, we've used another tool in the form of interviews with both partners for the sake of having their spontaneous reactions concerning different points. We have suggested that if the syllabus of Linguistics will be taught in a graded manner, this will improve our learners understanding and assimilation of this course.