Abstract:
This study aims to investigate the effect of the absence of listening and
speaking skills in Sudan secondary school certificate examination. In order to
test the hypotheses of this study, the researcher designed a questionnaire and
an interview for English teachers at secondary level to collect the data of the
study. Then it is analyzed according to certain variables and categories. After
investigations, the researcher has come to the findings that:
the activities which are in SPINE series are not enough to assess listening and
speaking skills. Moreover, most teachers neglect testing listening and
speaking skills because of the absence of these in Sudan secondary school
English examination.
Putting into consideration, the obtained results of this study, the
researcher recommends: SPINE series should be enriched with different kinds
activities for assessing listening and speaking skills, secondary schools should
be equipped with language labs (English Language), lastly the researcher
recommends English teachers at secondary level should be trained who to test
leasing and speaking skills .
