Abstract:
This study aimed at investigating English language teaching techniques of pupils’ speaking skill at the Basic School level. The researcher had adopted and applied the descriptive and analytical method. Aquestionnaire was used as a tool for data collection which was administered to a sample of 30 teachers of English language at the Basic Schools level. The study came up with the following results: teachers of English are unable to use effective techniques,basic schools’syllabus does not provide specific techniques for teaching speaking, and teachers of English are to be blamed for pupils’ poorperformancein speaking.Theresearcher high lighted some pointsas recommendations: teachers of English language should pay more attention to the speaking skill and give pupils ample time to practice speaking in English inside the classroom
