[01] Bader S. Dweik, Department of English, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Middle East University, Amman, Jordan. [02] Mohammad A. Al-Shallakh, Department of English, Sur University College, Sur, Oman.

This study aimed at investigating the difficulties that non-natives face in learning Arabic at Jordanian Public Universities. It was also an attempt to find some solutions to such difficulties. To achieve these objectives the researchers used a questionnaire which was sent to fifty-three non-native students who learnt Arabic as a foreign language at two Jordanian public universities (i.e. the University of Jordan and Al Al-Beit University). The questionnaire consisted of three areas related to linguistic difficulties, the materials used in teaching and classroom activities. The results obtained by the questionnaire revealed that the existence of different varieties of Arabic constituted a major difficulty. The results also indicated that the materials used in teaching and classroom activities were not helpful for students' to develop communicative competence in Arabic. In the light of these conclusions, different solutions were suggested to overcome these difficulties.

Teaching, Arabic, Non-Native, Difficulties, Solutions

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