Obstacles Facing by English Teachers in Large Groups in Developing Speaking Skill

Abstract

This study aims at introducing the Obstacles Faced by Teachers of English in Developing Speaking Skill in Large Groups in Secondary Schools - Khartoum Locality . The researcher adopts from previous researchers to define " a large group as one in which characteristics and conditions present themselves as inter-related and collective constraints that impede meaningful teaching and learning " . The methodology used by the researcher was the descriptive method. The questionnaire was used as a tool to collect the required data , the sample of the study was the English language teachers both male and female . The researcher distributed ( 60 ) questionnaires , he received back ( 57 ) , but only ( 50 ) of them were suitable for analysis . Also the researcher used interview , the sample of interview consists of ( 60) of English teachers and it includes ( 10 ) questions . The research findings are that implementing approaches in teaching large classes can facilitates and solves some obstacles such as classroom size . Also using these approaches affect positively on student’s performance, teachers can solve the obstacles of large classes by using different techniques , so these techniques help students to speak language and the content of the curriculum helps in developing speaking skill through the vocabulary ( words in the books ) , dialogues , etc…… and encourage them to practice speaking skill inside or outside classroom . The researcher recommends that much effort should be done to build more schools in order to reduce all these numbers of students . Many English language teachers need to be trained in how to present and use the good techniques such as pair work , group work activities , drama , storytelling etc….