Abstract:
This study aims to investigate problems of English speaking skills at Sudanese secondary schools of EDduwiem Locality. Chapter one is an introduction and chapter two is a review of literature and some previous studies which have been done in this field. A questionnaire was used to collect the data from students and SPSS was used to analyze the data.
The findings are that speaking and listening are neglected by secondary schools teachers in EDduwiem Locality; The results show that students need to increase their practice in speaking skills and there are no enough chances to students to speak inside the classroom.
This study recommends that teachers should pay attention to teaching and developing learners speaking skills; schools should be provided with language labs or at least with some educational techniques, so as to introduce classroom communicative activities in good and interesting manners. Also textbooks should be well prepared to motivate and encourage pupils to speak the language and learners should be given enough time to practice speaking skills
