Abstract:
The research aims at explaining the importance of
speaking skill and how can be practiced by Sudanese
secondary schools students. At the same time, to
investigate the main causes beyond the deterioration of
this skill among the students over the past twenty years.
Statistical analytical method is adopted to test the
assumptions of the study.
The researcher found that the factors contributed in
decline of oral English partially attributed to inefficient
teaching process as a result of inexperienced teachers,
lab of teaching aids, and general the deteriorations of
school environment.
The researcher recommended that the teachers
should be given a chance of teaching training courses,
either in or outside the country, and the students must be
motivated by their teachers to speak English most of the
.time
