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Lexical Relations: Measuring the Proficiency of the Saudi EFL Learners and Analysing the Obstacles
Nisreen Juma'a Hamed Al-Mashaqba
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DOI:10.17265/1539-8080/2017.03.007
Methnab, Qassim University, Saudi Arabia
As teachers of EFL (English as a Foreign Language) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, we are sometimes
flabbergasted by the errors that the learners make in their English scripts. Apparently, there was no pattern to these
errors. However, when the researcher observed the frequency of similar error over a few years of her experience as
an EFL faculty for Saudi learners, the theory of Lexical Relations appeared to offer an answer. Therein also lies the
genesis of the current study. In a positive development, the study did bring tolight certain factors that directly
played a role in the Saudi EFL learners’ English errors. These havebeen presented in this paper with the hope that
with the diagnosis in hand, it will be easier for the EFL teachers to find a solution to the dearth of English
proficiency among the Saudi EFL learners.
words, meanings, lexis, lexical relations, lexical choice
flabbergasted by the errors that the learners make in their English scripts. Apparently, there was no pattern to these
errors. However, when the researcher observed the frequency of similar error over a few years of her experience as
an EFL faculty for Saudi learners, the theory of Lexical Relations appeared to offer an answer. Therein also lies the
genesis of the current study. In a positive development, the study did bring tolight certain factors that directly
played a role in the Saudi EFL learners’ English errors. These havebeen presented in this paper with the hope that
with the diagnosis in hand, it will be easier for the EFL teachers to find a solution to the dearth of English
proficiency among the Saudi EFL learners.