Abstract:
The study aimed at surveying the problems of the students in the Department of English at Al Jouf University, focusing on three important aspects namely psychological, academic and social. From the students’ perspective this study tried to address the academic problems, the psychological problems and the social problems and came out with best possible solutions. The study included all the students in the Department Of English, Sciences & Arts College for Girls in Aljouf University, Al Qurrayat. The total number of students in the Department is 900 in the academic year 2013/2014 and out of them 200 students are taken into consideration for the present study. In order to address the questions of the study, the researcher depended on her regular classroom interactions and individual office meetings throughout the whole semester of the academic year 1434/1435H. The study emphasized on identifying the problems - psychological, academic and social. Also it attempted to elucidate how they are interrelated to each other and in what way the complexity of these problems are escalated by surrounding factors such as family, faculty members or employees. Through the best possible recommendations, the researcher has suggested many effective solutions.
Key words: problems, students, education, Department of English.