The Reasons for Poor Speaking Skills among Jordanian EFL Learners

Autor: Bara'ah Riyad Abed, Alishah, Akbar Rahimi
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
Předmět:
Arab EFL learners
Abstract: This paper aims at investigating the reasons for poor speaking skills of Arabic EFL students and identifies the efficient methods for improving their speaking abilities. The major interest of such paper lied in discovering the embedded reasons regarding their inability to communicate in English as well as to cope with factors influencing learners' English speaking skill. For this objective
a questionnaire addressing students' attitudes of English language was distributed to the students. The sample consisted of 20 Jordanian EFL bachelor male and female students
who have passed their national and international tests. They were chosen purposefully from English department at Yarmouk University. The findings showed that the lack of participation in English classroom
their shy of attention when speak English
their poor vocabulary knowledge
ineffective group working
and the traditional teaching methods in the classroom constitute a challenge among Jordanian EFL learners. As a result
using various teaching methods
designing effective lesson plans
giving the students clear-cut instructions
and giving the students enough room to speak English in the classroom can be used to solve such problems that hinder EFL students from speaking English in the classroom. Keywords: Speaking challenges
Arab EFL learners
reasons for challenges
student attitudes. Title: The Reasons for Poor Speaking Skills among Jordanian EFL Learners Author: Bara'ah Riyad Abed
Akbar Rahimi Alishah International Journal of Recent Research in Social Sciences and Humanities (IJRRSSH) ISSN 2349-7831 Vol. 9
Issue 2
April 2022 - June 2022 Page No: 212-216 Paper Publications Website: www.paperpublications.org Published Date: 31-May-2022 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6598124 Paper Download Link (Source) https://www.paperpublications.org/upload/book/The%20Reasons%20for%20Poor-31052022-2.pdf
student attitudes
reasons for challenges
Speaking challenges
ISSN: 2349-7831
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6598124
Popis: This paper aims at investigating the reasons for poor speaking skills of Arabic EFL students and identifies the efficient methods for improving their speaking abilities. The major interest of such paper lied in discovering the embedded reasons regarding their inability to communicate in English as well as to cope with factors influencing learners’ English speaking skill. For this objective, a questionnaire addressing students’ attitudes of English language was distributed to the students. The sample consisted of 20 Jordanian EFL bachelor male and female students, who have passed their national and international tests. They were chosen purposefully from English department at Yarmouk University. The findings showed that the lack of participation in English classroom, their shy of attention when speak English, their poor vocabulary knowledge, ineffective group working, and the traditional teaching methods in the classroom constitute a challenge among Jordanian EFL learners. As a result, using various teaching methods, designing effective lesson plans, giving the students clear-cut instructions, and giving the students enough room to speak English in the classroom can be used to solve such problems that hinder EFL students from speaking English in the classroom. Keywords: Speaking challenges, Arab EFL learners, reasons for challenges, student attitudes. Title: The Reasons for Poor Speaking Skills among Jordanian EFL Learners Author: Bara’ah Riyad Abed, Akbar Rahimi Alishah International Journal of Recent Research in Social Sciences and Humanities (IJRRSSH) ISSN 2349-7831 Vol. 9, Issue 2, April 2022 - June 2022 Page No: 212-216 Paper Publications Website: www.paperpublications.org Published Date: 31-May-2022 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6598124 Paper Download Link (Source) https://www.paperpublications.org/upload/book/The%20Reasons%20for%20Poor-31052022-2.pdf
International Journal of Recent Research in Social Sciences and Humanities (IJRRSSH), ISSN 2349-7831, Paper Publications (Publisher), Website: www.paperpublications.org
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