A thesis in communication studies submitted to the graduate faculty of texas tech university in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of master of arts approved accepted may, 1991. Difficulties in speaking english and perceptions of. Nonnative english speaking instructors often encounter challenges in the classroom and student management. From both observation and interview, this study reveals that all students encountered various difficulties in english speaking ability. Foreign language anxiety in inclass speaking activities. Effect of public speaking anxiety on student academic learning in oral performance courses by rodger clayton bednar, b. One of the shortages is that inadequate skill, ability and knowledge in learning the other language such as english as the lingua. Problems and difficulties of speaking that encounter english language students at al quds open. A student while speaking english faces some difficulties. Improving students speaking proficiency using games a classroom action research on the eight grade students of smp n 2 baki sukoharjo in 20082009 academic year. Problems of english speaking skill that university. Communication strategies in speaking english as a foreign.
This research, entitled the difficulties encountered by nonenglish department students in speaking english, was a study at the faculty of teacher training and education muhammadiyah university of mataram. Thailand as the country which never been colonialized by any foreign countries has both the advantage and the weakness. An analysis of factors influencing learners english. Speaking is the active use of language to express meaning, andfor young learners, the spoken. Instrumentation the questionnaire adapted from the questionnaire for difficulties and strategies in speaking, khan, 1998 was applied to the participants to find out what speaking difficulties the learners encountered if any and how they tried to overcome these difficulties see appendix. Reading comprehension difficulties among efl learners. Writing skill difficulties of the english composition i students 1 i. A score of 5 shows that the student possesses excellent english language skills. Speaking is an interactive process of constructing meaning that involves producing and receiving and processing information brown, 1994. We communicate with others, to express our ideas, and to know others ideas as well. Speaking is the active use of language to express meaning, andfor young learners, the spoken language is the medium through which a new language is encountered, understood, practiced, and learnt. Richards and rodgers 2001 stated that in the traditional methods, the speaking skill was ignored in the classrooms. Difficulties in speaking english 37 words 123 help me. The prevalent problem faced by the students was lack of vocabulary, while being afraid of making mistakes was the prime cause of problem which hindered them to speak.
The reading skill defined listening, speaking, reading and writing are regarded as the four fundamental skills to acquirelearn a foreign language. More highlighted difficulties by this study were as these of. The islamic university of gaza deanery of graduate studies faculty of education. Most of the perceptions have considered student difficulties when writing the thesis as a whole, rather than particular section. If teachers are adviced to reduce their time of talking in the classroom interaction, then it. Afaf abdallah one of the experienced teachers in sudan states that some text. Pdf speaking difficulties encountered by young efl learners. The difficulties in speaking english in sman 1 sine support by samira 2014. Without speech we cannot communicate with one another.
Ells are less likely to attend a higher education institution. Hopefully the result of this research will improve the knowledge of teaching strategies for the teachers and also give benefit to the education in this country. The sample thesis on education analysis of the problems in. The findings also revealed that students face the following speaking difficulties when they try to speak. Pdf speaking is the active use of language to express meaning, andfor young learners, the spoken language is the medium through which a new language. Communication strategies in speaking english as a foreign language in the swedish 9th grade national test setting monica lindblad august 2011. Enhancing efl learners speaking skill through effective. The current chapter ends with some helpful techniques for the teaching of reading to efl learners. Difficulties encountered by students in the learning and. Even after many years of instruction and training in the target language, learners have always shown to have difficulties with the. Studies carried out with learners for whom english is a first language have shown that learners have difficulties in using mathematical terms. An investigation of the difficulties faced by efl undergraduates in speaking skills dina a. An average student shows score of 2 to 3 in the test. The purpose of this study is to investigate the factors leading to speaking difficulties from both the efl saudi learners and their teachers perspectives through answering these questions.
Few of these difficulties and the possible solutions are as follows. Problems of teaching and learning spoken english in sudan. Perceptions of the difficulties of postgraduate l2 thesis. Speaking difficulties encountered by young efl learners samira al hosni tefl supervisor and instructor ministry of education. Investigating the factors leading to speaking difficulties.
Difficulties in speaking english and the possible solutions. Speaking difficulties of students essay 2635 words. Based on the fact, the classroom teacher and the writer would like to improve their proficiency in speaking by conducting an action research by using games. The difficulties were found in the following areas.
Speaking difficulties of students waylandschoolcommittee. Thesis, faculty of teacher training and education, jambi university. Moreover, it sheds light on the factors that cause speaking difficulties to efl learners. It discusses type of the research, subject of the study, object of the study, method of collecting data, and technique for analyzing data. Developing speaking skills using three communicative. The national test in english in grade nine consists of four parts namely listening skills, reading skills, writing skills and speaking skills. Speaking difficulties encountered by young efl learners. The need to carry out this study arose from the concern by the kenya national examinations council, and the general public, over the poor annual results in mathematics. This paper discusses the difficulties and causes perceived by english department students of syiah kuala university in learning speaking and the efforts made by them to overcome their difficulties. Challenges of accommodating nonnative englishspeaking.
Both perspectives of efl saudi learners and their teachers. It is in this context that the present study was conceived, to identify and analyse the problems and difficulties encountered by students towards mastering learning competencies in mathematics. Foreign language anxiety in inclass speaking activities two learning contexts in comparison. It was conducted to investigate difficulties encountered by non. Difficulties in speaking english and perceptions of accents a comparative study of finnish and japanese adult learners of english henna paakki 181558 masters thesis english language and culture school of humanities university of eastern finland october, 20. The text books used in schools and some institutions are a total failure since they neglect both listening and speaking. The sample thesis on education analysis of the problems in speaking english as a second language by the students part1 24. The results of the study showed a low speaking proficiency level among efl undergraduates along with negligible instruction of the speaking skill at university courses level. Students difficulties in learning english speaking skill. The reading difficulties in english and how to deal with them as perceived by teachers and students in nablus district by alaa yaseen supervisor dr.
Perceptions of the difficulties of postgraduate l2 thesis students writing the discussion section. Writing skill difficulties of the english composition i. This action research study is designed to improve students speaking. Ahmed awad this thesis is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of master of teaching methods, faculty of graduate. Despite its importance, for many years, teaching speaking has been undervalued and english language teachers have. Moreover, a quantitative analysis on correlation between. I, maphetla magdeline machabadeclare that teacher challenges in the teaching of mathematics at foundation phase is my own work and that all the sources that i have used or quoted have been indicated and acknowledged by means of complete references. If we want to encourage students to communicate in english, we should use the language in real communication and ask them to do the same process. Text, writing difficulties, difficulties in writing recount text, and standard aspect in writing text. Discussion, problemsolving, and roleplaying of grade 11 students before and after learning. A score of 0 means no response, likewise a score of 1 means that the student is very weak in english. The results showed and indicated there some difficulties in the speaking of the students due to some reasons such as fear of mistake, shyness, anxiety and lack of confidence.
The effects of the many disadvantages ells face in and outside of school are evident when comparing the access and attainment of higher education between ells and monolingual englishspeaking students. Teacher training and education faculty, sebelas maret university. This study, thus, explored the difficulties encountered by students in using mathematical terms and their related concepts. English is undoubtedly one of the most important skills. Goddard 10 indicated in his study that the environment and the personal characteristics of learners play. The speaking difficulties encountered by nonenglish. The nature of speaking skill speaking is an interactive process of communication which is the basis of all. Such interview will be applied for each student to investigate speaking difficulties and the causes of such difficulties. A study of factors affecting efl learners english pronunciation learning and the strategies for instruction abbas pourhosein gilakjani ph. Finn speaking english poorly on the tv or on the radio. Speaking is a crucial part of second language learning and teaching. Statement of the problem the writing skill difficulties are one of the most significant problems that affect not only native english speakers, but also hundreds of students that are learning english as. Choose the one option that best describes your feelings.
Problems and difficulties of speaking that encounter. Aljamal2 1 faculty of education, yarmouk university, jordan 2 king abdullah schools for excellence, irbid, jordan. This thesis aims at making a quantitative analysis on the effects of listening on speaking for college students. Perception, speaking skill, difficulties this research students difficulties in learning english speaking skill at sman 5 jambi.
Students difficuties in learning english speaking skill at sman 5 jambi. This technique can not enhance their speaking proficiency. Academic writing in relation to academic writing, many studies revealed students difficulties in several areas such as answering written exams, writing papers for course assignments, and writing a thesisdissertation. The researcher also found that connections actually existed between the challenges perceived by nnes instructors and the challenges of their students. Finally, it attempts to reveal some of the strategies and activities which may tackle the problems of efl learners in speaking skill. The speaking skill was graded on a scale of 0 to 5. Awad keshta for his support, advice and encouragement throughout this. Speaking is the way of communicating ideas and messages orally. The reading difficulties in english and how to deal with. The ability to read is highly valued and important for social and economic advancement. Candidate department of english language translation islamic azad university lahijan branch, lahijan iran abstract. Chapter iv is data analysis and discussion, then chapter v consists of. Understanding the challenges of english language learners.