LINGUISTICS AND SEMANTICS DIFFICULTIES IN ARABIC LANGUAGE AMONG SENIORSECONDARY SCHOOLS IN EKITI, NIGERIA

Abstract

The difficulties that face most Nigeria Learners of Arabic, especially at the senior secondary school levels, is
their ability to pronounce some of the Arabic sounds correctly. This difficulty has been observed among senior
secondary Arabic students in Ekiti State without any research backing. This study was therefore conducted to
practically examine the Linguistics and Semantics difficulties in the Arabic language among senior secondary
schools. The experimental research design type was adopted for this study. Statement of problems, Purpose of
the study, Research questions, Research hypothesis, Research design, Population Sample and Sampling
Techniques, Instrumentation, Procedure for data collection, Data analysis techniques, Analysis and Result,
Discussion and Conclusion were discussed while Recommendations and References were also drawn.