Faisal Mohammad Alsiyat

English Department, College of Arts, Jouf University

DOI : https://doi.org/10.47191/ijsshr/v4-i12-30

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ABSTRACT

This study aimed at exploring the possible underlying reasons for low speaking proficiency of EFL learners through adopting a qualitative methodology. To approach its goal, this study used a semi-structured interview to collect in-depth details from three EFL learners and one university professor. The internal construction of the interview was associated with the following four items; student, teacher, English materials or textbooks, and the assessment practices used inside classrooms. The findings of this study shed some light on multiple components related to teaching methods, teachers centered approach, students’ motivation, unauthentic English materials. This study recommended further investigation using quasi-experiments to explore more what causes this low speaking performance as well as to propose some valid suggestions and recommendations to develop EFL speaking.

KEYWORDS:

EFL, Speaking, Low performance, Second language acquisition, Saudi EFL, English learning.

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