AlFadley, Anam A. and Qasem, Sarah M. (2020) INVESTIGATING FACTORS INFLUENCING THE DEVELOPMENT OF SPEAKING SKILLS OF UNDERGRADUATE EFL LEARNERS AT PAAET, KUWAIT. International Journal of English Language and Linguistics Research, 8 (5). pp. 60-96. ISSN 2053-6305(Print),2053- 6313(online)
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Abstract
The study aims to identify the difficulties encountered by EFL undergraduate students with their speaking skills in the English department at the College of Basic Education, Public Authority of Applied Education and Training (PAAET). The study was conducted using the descriptive approach which contained a questionnaire comprising 27 items applied to a sample of 420 female students. The results found that students encountered moderate difficulties among the five factors. Students ranked the factors according to which contributed to the development of their English-speaking skills the most in the following order: preference of native speakers as teachers, followed by English language proficiency, teaching methodologies, environmental influences, and emotional influences. The results also indicated that there is a significant relationship between the factors that influence the development of speaking skills and demographic variables such as year of study, major GPA, and grade in conversation class.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | P Language and Literature > PE English |
| Depositing User: | Professor Mark T. Owen |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Jul 2022 09:14 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Jul 2022 09:14 |
| URI: | https://tudr.org/id/eprint/751 |
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