4 Difficulties English Poses for EFL Learners, and How to Overcome Them

Of course, the difficulty students have with it will depend on what language or languages they already know; English is naturally going to be easier to learn if one already has knowledge of a language that has the same roots, and is therefore more closely related to it. But while the same may be said to be true of learning any language, there seems to be something about English in particular that makes it especially tricky.
Time Stump
00:57 English has one of the biggest, trickiest vocabularies there is
03:43 Idioms and slang
04:52 English grammar is full of subtlety
06:57 Pronunciation is difficult and inconsistent
08:50 You can’t always guess the pronunciation from the spelling
11:22 Regional dialects alter pronunciation
12:20 There are many variations of English
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