Abstract:
This study aimed at investigating the problematic areas of Sudanese
secondary schools learners’ deficiency of spaking skills in English
language among Sudanese secondry school students. The researcher
hypothesizes that, the students face difficulties to speak English language
fluently although, they spend about six years studying English
language .The objective of this study is to investigate this problem to find
out the appropriate solutions for it. The researcher adapted a
questionnaire for both teachers and learners as a tool for data collection.
Twenty five teachers and one hundred male and female students from El-
Managil Locality participated in this study.
The findings of this study showed that: - Secondary school teachers
concentrate on building up learners’ vocabulary and understanding
grammatical rules more than engaging them in communicative activities.
Lack of using educational techniques is one of the reasons behind
students’ speaking skills deficiency. Speaking and listening skills are
neglected by teachers. Most of the teaching activities are of the
traditional modes such as: reading dialogues, reciting texts and doing
translation.
Finally, the researcher recommends that: - Teachers should be very
keen about teaching English in general and developing speaking skills in
particular. Schools should be provided with Language Labs or at least
with some educational techniques. Introducing classroom communicative
activities in good and interesting manners. Teachers should have attention
to the success of the interaction and adjusting components of speech such
as, vocabulary, rate of speech and complexity of grammar structure to
maximize students’ understanding and awareness.
