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The Omani government is interested in teaching English to all age groups without exception. It has brought and prepared human resources to take care of students. However, we see a major failure in the educational system with regard to English language proficiency in Oman in all segments of society from young people in schools and an extension of university students. In this matter, I will analyze the causes of the problem, provide some evidence and statistics, and propose some solutions. I will also conduct an interview with a student and a teacher to make the picture clearer.

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Despite the great interest of the Sultanate in teaching the English language, we see a severe failure in dealing with students and the establishment of students who are proficient in the English language. I will raise some points that, in my view, and many are the reason.

Teacher: By virtue of the fact that the teacher is the basis of the educational process, many see that, according to the statistics and the students’ viewpoints, which I will present later, the teacher is a major reason for their low level of English language for several reasons, including:

-Teachers are not well qualified and use old traditional teaching methods and methods, which is boring for students and makes it difficult for them to understand and comprehend.

- The teachers' proficiency in English is low and they are not working to improve it. Since the inventory of most teachers

Themselves for the curriculum, they lose their English proficiency.

- Most teachers rely solely on the textbook.

- Some teachers use Arabic when teaching English. In fact, some teach English in Arabic!

- Some teachers focus on the best students in the class, ignoring struggling students.

- Teachers do not care about their students and are not motivated to teach. They don't really work because

They only teach for their salaries.

-The Ministry of Education does not do a good job of supervising teachers which makes teachers do what they want

Curriculum: Many students, teachers and parents see that the curricula are one of the reasons for not mastering the English language, and in Oman in particular, I will mention some points, including:

- English is taught very formally. There is no diversity in terms of class activities

- The curriculum does not cover all skills adequately

- The amount of time (per period) allotted to the English language is insufficient.

- In basic education, first grade does not effectively establish students for the English language. in public education, English is taught only from the fourth grade.

- There are no remedial classes or lessons for weak students.

- Weakness of basic education and general education curricula.

Student: Often the student is the reason for his lack of English language proficiency. I will give some reasons:

- Students do not like English. In fact, they hate him. They see it negatively and therefore don't care about it.

- Students learn English later in life than in their mother tongue.

- Students consider the English language unimportant. They are unaware of its importance

- Some students cheat in exams.

Parents, the social system surrounding them, and the school environment:

- There are no opportunities to practice English outside the classroom

- When students try to speak English outside the classroom, they are ridiculed.

- Do not use English at home.

- In the summer, there are no English language courses.

- Some parents are not interested in teaching their children English and see it as unimportant as other curricula.

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-Prepare and qualify teachers correctly and make them use multiple methods of teaching other than traditional methods because the teacher is the basis of the educational process.

-Good and continuous supervision by the Ministry of Education to follow up on teachers and students and to achieve goals and plans.

-The curriculum must be prepared in a correct and integrated manner to include all the skills required to master the English language.

-English language must be taught from advanced classes since 7 years to practice the English language and not be satisfied with teaching it in late classes.

Providing remedial classes for students with weak academic level.-

- Consolidating the importance of the English language for students and parents to make them care about it.

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: This article, which was prepared by Dr. Rahma Al-Mahrouqi, talks about the student’s point of view on low English language proficiency in Oman. The aim of the study was to find out why students in the Sultanate of Oman suffer from English language proficiency after high school, and what can be done to solve this problem. 100 students from Sultan Qaboos University participated in this study, 32 males and 68 females from various faculties in the university. The results of the research were as follows:

Reasons Percentage/Frequency

Teachers/ 85

Curriculum/ 80

Students themselves/ 70

Limited exposure to English and lack of practice outside the classroom/ 24

Parents and the social context/ 23

The system and the school environment/ 15

Having careless and unmotivated friends/ 2

Then, the reasons for each problem and the proposed solutions were presented.

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: This study was carried out by Dr. Ali Al-Issa and Dr. Ali Al-Balushi, and it was about reforming English language teaching in the Sultanate of Oman. it was found that students exiting the ELT system in Oman suffer from various inadequacies in their English language proficiency, which has had negative implications for Oman’s national development. This has driven the government to attempt to revolutionize English language teaching (ELT) through pursuing a reform plan—Basic Education System (BES). This paper attempts to examine the attitudes of 141 freshmen, who have exited the BES and joined Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) in September 2009, about their teachers and the curriculum. The results have shown that there have hardly been any significant changes in the BES reform project, as compared to the previously implemented system—General Education System (GES) mainly due to implementation shortcomings

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We conducted an interview with an English language teacher in oman to clarify some points about the difficulties that students face in mastering the English language

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We did another interview, but this time it was with a student named Ahmed in class 10, and due to the current situation of the Corona virus, the interview was conducted via WhatsApp