Background. Given the importance of English a global language and one of the four official languages used in FIFA, it is essential to acquaint students who are specialised in Physical Education with English sport terminology. Objectives. This study aims to determine the knowledge level of physical education students in Saudi universities’ faculties and departments in relation to English sports terms. A survey was used to collect the relevant data from the participants. Methods. The study sample consisted of 600 students, who were selected using stratified random sampling during the academic year 2013-2014. The results indicate that the average percentage of correct answers was only 8.58%. Results. The results also suggest that there are statistically differences for study variables related to students’ performance. Those students who actively play sports performed better than those who do not. Moreover, those students who have at least one non-Arab parent performed better than students who are of Arab parents. The researchers also found that graduates of international schools outperformed their private and public school peers. Finally, fourth year students achieved higher results than the more junior ones. Conclusion. The paper concludes with recommendations to review our language policy in general and to consider the addition of a unit or a chapter specific to English sports terminology in the curriculum to be taught to students in lectures. The researchers also recommend using and developing this test as a standard to determine the level of students’ proficiency and the extent of their knowledge of English sports terminology.

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沙特大学体育专业学生测量英语体育术语的总知识

背景。鉴于英语的重要性，而英语是FIFA中使用的四种官方语言之一，因此必须使熟悉体育专业的学生熟悉英语运动术语。目标。这项研究旨在确定沙特大学各院系体育学生与英语​​体育术语相关的知识水平。通过调查收集了参与者的相关数据。方法。研究样本包括600名学生，这些学生是在2013-2014学年期间采用分层随机抽样方法选出的。结果表明正确答案的平均百分比仅为8.58％。结果。结果还表明，与学生表现有关的学习变量在统计上存在差异。那些积极参加体育运动的学生比那些不参加体育运动的学生表现更好。此外，那些至少有一位非阿拉伯父母的学生的成绩要比阿拉伯父母的学生好。研究人员还发现，国际学校的毕业生表现优于私立和公立学校的同行。最后，四年级的学生比初三的学生取得更高的成绩。结论。本文最后提出了一些建议，以回顾我们的语言政策，并考虑在课程中增加专门针对英语体育术语的单元或章节，以在讲座中教给学生。研究人员还建议使用并开发该测试作为确定学生熟练程度和他们对英语体育术语知识程度的标准。