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Article Name :
Investigating the Difficulties of Speaking Skills Encountered by Sudanese EFL Undergraduates
Author Name :
NASSRALDEEN ABDULRAHMAN ALSIDDIG, IBRAHIM ALSAFI ABDALDFI
Publisher :
Bridge Center
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Abstract :
This paper aimed to investigate the speaking difficulties encountered by Sudanese EFL undergraduates. To do so, the qualitative approach to data collection was employed. Specifically, 60 (fourth year) students from the English Language Department at University of Bakht-er-Ruda were interviewed. The data was linguistically analyzed to identify the areas of difficulty faced by students in speaking English. After analyzing the data, the results proved that most of the participants are encountered by some difficulties in speaking. These difficulties are mainly represented in lack of vocabulary, lack of grammatical accuracy, improper pronunciation, lack of fluency, and others. Based on the study findings, it is recommended that training teachers is highly essential to achieving a successful learning process. Besides, English language syllabus should be developed in accordance with students’ learning needs and requirements, sufficient listening and speaking courses should be provided, and effective teaching and learning strategies and activities that develop students’ language proficiency should be adopted/adapted. In addition, out-class activities such as English clubs should be emphasized. As these activities break down the psychological barriers such as shyness, hesitation, etc. and consequently motivate the students to learn and use the language.
Keywords :
speaking proficiency, EFL/ESL learners, target language environment, fluency, accuracy.
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