Abstract:
This study aims at “Investigating the Problems of Oral Communication: A Case Study of Sudanese English Language Students at Secondary Schools in Khartoum State”. It concentrates on investigating the diversified views that English language teachers in secondary schools have about these problems as well as testing secondary school students orally inside the classroom so as to see their fluency as well as standing on their common mistakes when they want to communicate orally. However, the study is carried out with great hope that this investigation will help in the diagnosis of these problems.
The data consists of the population, sampling framework, the data collection method, as well as the procedures which the researcher follows to achieve the aim of the study.
The population of the study consists of two hundred secondary school English language teachers in Khartoum state who have differences in their experiences as well as their schools whether they are supervisors, teachers in model or private schools and others are experts.
The study confirms the existence of these problems as far as the hypotheses of the study are concerned. The majorities of the teachers strongly agree or agree with the problems which are mentioned in the hypotheses of the study. In addition to that, from the oral test, many problems appear from the students’ answers.
The study ends by recommendations related to the different views given by the English language teachers at secondary schools in Khartoum state. In addition to that, there are suggestions for further studies in the same field.
