Investigating Some Speaking Problems Encountered by Advanced Students in the English Department in Almarj Faculty of Education

Abstract

The current study is an attempt to examine the problems that face the advanced students in the English Department in the Almarj Faculty of Education in speaking. The aim of this study is to discover the difficulties that the students face when speaking in the second language. The participants of this study are 25 students from seven and eight semesters. Date were collected through interviewing the students and giving them a particular topic to talk about. Date were analyzed according to the assessment criteria posited in the study. The results of the study showed that the students demonstrated a low level of performance when speaking in the target language. Some recommendations were offered to help both the teacher and the students in the process of improving the performance of English speaking.