Deterioration of Speaking Skill among the Students of Sudanese SecondarySchools

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