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Elhaty](Ismail A. Elhaty),2  \nAssistant Professor,  \nDepartment of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Istanbul Gelisim  \nUniversity, Istanbul, Türkiye [iaeismail@gelisim.edu.tr](iaeismail@gelisim.edu.tr)[ ](iaeismail@gelisim.edu.tr)ORCID: 0000-0003-4492-2181  \nAbstract. No matter if they are in high school or college, Turkish students have particular challenges when trying to understand chemistry lectures delivered in English. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the difficulties Turkish students have when studying chemistry in English. A survey was administered to Turkish students at a Turkish University, nutrition and dietetics major in order to obtain relevant information. The results showed that 24. 6% of students have difficulties learning chemistry in English, and 52.3% of the students are reluctant to give presentations in the chemistry class due to their lack of confidence in the English language. The results showed that the areas of weakness in the English language were conversational skills (78.5%), grammar (75.4%), vocabulary (75.4%), listening (72.2%), and reading (38.5%). Therefore, a considerable percentage of these students (48. 6%) take their lecture notes in Turkish, and an overwhelming majority of them (46.2%) think that adding English terminology to textbooks alongside Turkish would help the problem. According to the research, it is possible to increase students' English skills and therefore their understanding of chemistry by employing various teaching strategies. To address communication hurdles in chemistry classes, the study heavily draws on both the Communicative and Natural Approaches.  \nKeywords: Chemistry; learning difficulties; university; English; Türkiye.  \n1. INTRODUCTION  \nMost countries take pride in their native languages, employing them as the primary medium of instruction at all educational levels, including universities. However, certain  \n1 Author, responsible for responsible for conceptualization, writing-reviewing and editing, validation  \n2 Corresponding author, responsible for responsible for writing-investigation, original draft preparation, visualization  \nuniversities in these countries offer scientific programs in English and the national language, granting students the flexibility to choose their preferred language. It is well known that various branches of chemistry are taught across multiple disciplines. When studying chemistry in English, many students, whether at the high school or university level, encounter difficulties with the English language. The student’s academic performance in chemistry is affected by the student's level of English language proficiency and the characteristics of chemistry as a scientific field. Students' underperformance in science-related departments at the university level is frequently impacted by the challenges connected with understanding and grasping basic and advanced chemical concepts (Carter & Brickhouse, 1989; Sirhan, 2007) . Students occasionally run into problems that have multiple causes that add up over time and can be connected to a lack of appropriate comprehension of fundamental chemistry topics. This frequently happens, especially when students start their undergraduate studies (Osman & Sukor, 2013) . Due toa lack of comprehension or a poor grasp of the aforementioned fundamental concepts, a student in this position has difficulty learning advanced chemistry topics (Carter & Brickhouse, 1989) . 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