The purpose of the current study is to identi fy th e sub-sk ills with which DU slUdents, particularly 2"" yearrnEnglish maj ors, have much/some difficulty while tak ing the skil l courses. In order to achieve this,rndifferent methods were used to coll ect data : questionnaires, tests, document analys is, and interview.rnHolistic and analytic criteria were used to interpret test scores while a sca le that ranges from 'muchrndifficulty to no difficulty' was used to ident ify subjects' level of performance. In addition, differentrnmethods of descri ptive sta tistics such as frequency counts and percentages were used to spec ify learners'rndifficulties with the sub-sk ill s.rnThe find ings from the tests showed that the study-subjects had experienced 'much difficul ty' and 'somerndiff iculty' in a number of sub-skills. The sub-sk ills in which most learners had 'much difficul ty' included:rnword stress, 100%; interaction ski ll 2 (i.e. learners' abil ity to respond appropriately to speech stimulus),rn9 1.7%; organi zing ideas, 85.7%; synthesizing ideas, 7 1.4%; using COiTect and complete sentences, 68.6%;rnrecognizing text structure, 65.7%; syntactic ski lls, 62.9%; vocabulary, 62.9%; and joining sentences,rn60%. Besides, the sub-ski lls with which most subjects had 'some difficul ty' were: intonation, 100%;rnscanni ng,82.9%; listening for spec ific detail s, 7 1.4%; pronouncing words, 66.7%; using capitalizationrncorrec tly, 65 .7%; distinguishing main ideas from supporting details, 60%; and recognizing discoursernmarkers, 60%. Furthermore, the findings from the tests revea led that subjects belonging to certainrncategories namely satisfactory performers, low-scorers, students from rural places, and those fromrnuneducated family had ' much difficulty' with most of the sub-sk ills.rnThe fi ndings from the questionnaires, interview, and document analys is suggested that severa l fa ctorsrnconstrained the teaching of the skill courses. Some of these included: lack of resources, harshrnenvironment, poor background, and so on. On top of that, th e credit hours for the sk ill co urses were notrnsuff icient in order to meet the programme objecti ves envisaged by the English Department. At the samerntime, the anal ysis of the course materials in light of lea rners' diffi culties with sub-skill s showed thernpresence of mi smatch between course materials and learners' needs. Consequently, it was recommendedrnthat the cUITiculum, sy ll abi, and course materia ls should undergo complete revision in line with learners'rncurrent needs.