The Views of EFL University Students on English Language Skills and How They Can Improve them

Abstract

The views of EFL (English foreign language) students are often omitted while preparing the curricula to teach them the English language skills. This study aims to explore what students of English foreign language students think about their English language skills courses i.e., how they view what they are learning and how they can improve their comprehension and overall use. We also wanted to find out what made some students better than others at both learning and practicing these skills. Our methodology includes both qualitative and quantitative research methods in which we interviewed the lecturers and the dorm supervisors and made a questionnaire for the students at the university. We faced some problems that consisted of not being able to reach the female students’ answers and our university only having first- and second-year students. The findings of this study will help both lecturers and students of the English language improve on both ends of the spectrum of learning whether it is helping students know where, how, and what to practice, or helping lecturers and universities make a curriculum more suited to teaching English language skills. The results of our survey highlighted that speaking and listening are tied to being the skill that students find hardest, that listening is the skill they think they need more time with, and that they enjoy listening the most.