Strategies for Promoting and Developing the Oral Fluency Skill in Second Language Acquisition

Abstract

The present study covers a general overview of Strategies for Promoting and Developing the oral fluency skill in Second Language Acquisition to solve the problem of oral fluency among EFL learners . The questions of the study represent on the following : What is the relationship between EFL learners’ oral fluency rates and their performance in listening skill? To what degree the impact of learners listening skill to enhance EFL learners oral fluency skill? To what extent do the ESL learners motivate themselves to involve their oral fluency competence and listening performance skill ? To what extent does listening performance help to increase EFL learners motivation and improve their oral fluency skill abilities ? To what degree the effect of English culture correlated to EFL learners oral proficiency skill ?Whereas the hypothesis of the studyincludes on the following : There is asignificant relationship between EFL learners’ oral fluency rates and their performance in listening skill . The impact of learners listening skill enhances their oral fluency skill. Motivation involves ESL oral fluency competence and listening performance.Listening performance helps to increase ESL learners motivation and improve their oral fluency skill abilities. To a great extent English culture is correlated to EFL learners oral proficiency skill .The researcher used descriptive analytical method as well as the research data have been obtained by using three instruments: a questionnaire , a test and students views . The data have been computed and statistically analyzed (by using the Statistical Package of Social Science(SPSS).The samples of the study involve students of the Faculty of Educational sciences and Faculty of Arts and human sciences , University of Gezira and Faculty of Education , University of Gedarif , and teachers of English, who are working as high education staff in Sudanese Universities. Therefore, the study accomplished a number of most important findings as:Most of Sudanese EFL Learners are good at listening rather than speaking so the teachers ignore using suitable strategies to enhance learners motivation .Neglecting of oral fluency skill appearsthat learners performance and competence , as well as, using communicative methods develop learners abilities in listening and oral fluency skills. Using pair and group work motivate the learners to improve their abilities to use the language and helping students to solve lack of motivation, above all by using English phrases ,a good listener will be a good speaker later in English language.The study mainly recommended that: Teachers must use diversity of communicative methods to develop learners abilities in listening and oral fluency skills. Providing learners with topics for debate inside and outside lecture rooms to develop their competence in oral fluency skills. Providing Sudanese Universities with courses to improve the proficiency of oral fluency skills for learners .Conducting studies to recognize the effects of using phrases as means of developing EFL Learner's oral fluency skills .