Abstract: Speaking is a crucial part of second language learning and teaching. Second language learners are incompetent in oral communication. Secondary school students encounter great difficulties in speaking skills. Learning to speak a foreign language needs more than knowing its grammatical and semantic rules. Therefore, this study aims at investigating the speaking difficulties which encounter students at secondary stage in Misurata, Libya. It seeks to analyze the problems and factors that negatively affect their speaking skills in order to help them avoid these problems and find solutions. The research method adopted in this study was a descriptive one. This paper deals with some factors that hinder students to communicate and factors related to teachers and their role in teaching speaking skills. These obstacles will be described in details with some helpful and useful recommendations for teachers and educators to assist the students to speak the target language. The data was gathered through two questionnaires which were given to teachers of English and students at secondary schools to elicit their views concerning teaching and learning speaking skills. The samples consisted of 25 teachers and a hundred students. The samples have been chosen randomly from five secondary schools in Misurata city. The results revealed that the students do not practise speaking skills both in and out-side classrooms due to: the time is not enough to teach all the aspects of language, lack of motivation and fear of making mistakes, lack of self-confidence, possession of limited vocabulary, and their poor backing-ground experience, students are not tested during the studying school year. Most oral activities on text- and workbooks are skipped to be taught.
Keywords: speaking skill, factors, speaking activities, secondary school, students.
Title: Oral Problems Encountered by Libyan Secondary Students
Author: Ismail. F. Algamati, Mustafa Abdusalam Hamuda
International Journal of Healthcare Sciences
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