The Problems of Taking English Courses Through English When students take courses through the medium of English, they have to face psychological, cultural and linguistic problems. Psychological problems: a. the fear of the (1)______the fear of the difficulty of academic (1)______ learning and the fear of (2)______in examinations. (2)______ b. Possible (3)______because of separation from his family. (3)______ cultural problems: 1. arranging satisfactory (4)______ (4)______ 2. getting used to British life. 3. settling into a strange environment and a new academic (5)______ (5)______ 4. learning a new set of social (6)______ (6)______ 5. expressing appropriate (7)______ (7)______ 6. understanding a different kind of humor. 7. learning how to make friends. Linguistic problems: Students of non-English speaking countries have little (8)______ (8)______ opportunity to practise using English. —Students of non-English speaking countries have great difficulty in understanding what a native speaker of English says. The reasons are: a. English people speak very quickly. b. Everyday spoken English is different from (9)______ English (9)______ students have learnt. c. Students do not practise listening to English people. —How to overcome these linguistic difficulties —Attending English classes. —Using a language (10)______as much as possible. (10)______ —Listening to programs in English on the radio and TV. —Taking every opportunity to communicate with native English- speaking people.