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Difficulties for Learners of English as a Second Language.

Confusing items of vocabulary should be mentioned. English has a very large size of lexicon. According to Schmitt & Marsden English has one of the largest vocabularies of any known language and of course, it contributes to difficulties for non- native learners. Besides, a lot of word derivation should be learnt (ex. unknown, but incorrectly and so on). We should tell some words about grammar and first of all, about the articles (definite, indefinite, zero). And there are a lot of rules for using them, sometimes with no logic at all, or a number uses of the verb “must”. It takes a lot of work for L2 learners to master the modal verbs. The various ways in which English uses the auxiliaries is also very confusing for L2 learners: negation (hasn’t), inversion (has he?), short answers (Yes, he has), tag question (Hasn’t he). And tenses… English has a large number of tenses with very subtle differences and its adds complexity. The differences between spoken and written English are another trouble for L2 learner. One may know a word orally but not be able to write it correctly or he (she) may know the spelling but cannot pronounce it in proper way. And at last there are a lot of communities of English speakers in many countries all over the world and the lack of a uniform international standard of English makes it difficult to reach the goal to communicate internationally.