The Relationship between Tolerance of Ambiguity and Learning English as a Foreign Language among Graduate Students in the UAE

Linguistic phenomena that are dubious, unusual, and confusing are encountered in our academic studies of any second or foreign language. The original definitions of ambiguity addressed uncertainty in the context of everyday life. This paper aims to study the relationship between tolerance of ambiguity and learning English as a foreign language. The data have been collected from 57 students who is studying professional diploma from educational institution in English as foreign language. The outcome of the study shows that students had an average tolerance for ambiguity when learning a foreign language. The study also showed clear thoughts and positive approach of the students about tolerance of ambiguity. This paper includes a literature review, sampling, data analysis, interpretation and conclusion.