Language Difficulties Faced by Nigerian Maritime Students in one Asian University

This study primarily aimed to investigate the level of agreement of Foreign Students in relationto the Language, teachers, culture, and society as well, and evaluate their level of agreement towards theproblems encountered during discussion, and to propose action to enhance/improve the service quality of LIMA.The study used the descriptive method and utilized questionnaire as its instrument. Results showed that foreignstudents strongly agreed with the LIMA language, communication, social interaction and academic lifechallenge. Results also showed that foreign students encountered some problems regarding the language andsocial interaction. An action plan was proposed to recognize the areas for further improvement, and address them accordingly, establishing a strong Agreed rate among the students –– a baseline standard of performance and a possible standard of excellence. It is recommended that LIMA has to implement programs and regulations that will promote a more efficient means of offering language that will exercise the efficiency in communication, speaking and class discussions for future foreign students.

Keywords: LIMA, Language, foreign student, social interaction, Difficulties