Factors affecting Afghan EFL undergraduates' speaking skill / Hazrat Usman Mashwani

Reading, writing, listening and speaking are the four primary and required skills of every language. Of the four skills of a language, speaking is the skill that always matters the most for a language learner, and it is considered essential. According to Nazara (2012), speaking is an important and e...

Full description

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Mashwani, Hazrat Usman
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2018
Subjects:	Language and education Communicative competence Comprehension
Online Access:	https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/66295/1/66295.pdf
Tags:	Add Tag No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

id	my-uitm-ir.66295
record_format	uketd_dc
spelling	my-uitm-ir.662952022-09-08T01:30:32Z Factors affecting Afghan EFL undergraduates' speaking skill / Hazrat Usman Mashwani 2018 Mashwani, Hazrat Usman Language and education Communicative competence Comprehension Reading, writing, listening and speaking are the four primary and required skills of every language. Of the four skills of a language, speaking is the skill that always matters the most for a language learner, and it is considered essential. According to Nazara (2012), speaking is an important and essential skill of the four language skills, and as an EFL student, one needs to master the speaking skill. However, the majority of Afghan EFL undergraduates face difficulties in this all-important skill of the language. According to Zia and Sulan (2015), for most of Afghan undergraduate EFL learners, reading and writing are easy, but in oral communication, they are not accurate and fluent. Hence, this study was conducted to investigate the factors that affect the Afghan undergraduate EFL learners' speaking skill at Sayed Jamaluddin Afghani University Kunar, Afghanistan. The study investigated the factors that affect the students' speaking skill in three inter-related areas, i.e., the teacher, the student and the classroom environment. A mixed method was used for this study, i.e., quantitative (questionnaire) as well as qualitative (interview). The data of the questionnaire was descriptively analysed in SPSS version 20 and presented in figures and tables. The interview data were thematically analysed and presented. A total of 90 students (40 junior and 50 senior) were purposively selected and participated in this study. The findings revealed that the rare use of speaking activities like pair work, group work, role-plays, group presentations and improper method of teaching were some of the factors on the part of teachers that affected students' speaking skill. Psychological factors and weak background of English language on the part of students were some of the factors that impede students speaking skill. Similarly, large classes and the lack of basic facilities in the speaking classroom were some of the factors on the part of learning-environment that affected the students speaking skill. It is hoped that the findings of the current study will help teachers as well as students to be attentive toward their related responsibilities to reduce the factors that affect students' speaking skill. 2018 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/66295/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/66295/1/66295.pdf text en public masters Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Faculty of Education Damio, Siti Maftuhah
institution	Universiti Teknologi MARA
collection	UiTM Institutional Repository
language	English
advisor	Damio, Siti Maftuhah
topic	Language and education Communicative competence Comprehension
spellingShingle	Language and education Communicative competence Comprehension Mashwani, Hazrat Usman Factors affecting Afghan EFL undergraduates' speaking skill / Hazrat Usman Mashwani
description	Reading, writing, listening and speaking are the four primary and required skills of every language. Of the four skills of a language, speaking is the skill that always matters the most for a language learner, and it is considered essential. According to Nazara (2012), speaking is an important and essential skill of the four language skills, and as an EFL student, one needs to master the speaking skill. However, the majority of Afghan EFL undergraduates face difficulties in this all-important skill of the language. According to Zia and Sulan (2015), for most of Afghan undergraduate EFL learners, reading and writing are easy, but in oral communication, they are not accurate and fluent. Hence, this study was conducted to investigate the factors that affect the Afghan undergraduate EFL learners' speaking skill at Sayed Jamaluddin Afghani University Kunar, Afghanistan. The study investigated the factors that affect the students' speaking skill in three inter-related areas, i.e., the teacher, the student and the classroom environment. A mixed method was used for this study, i.e., quantitative (questionnaire) as well as qualitative (interview). The data of the questionnaire was descriptively analysed in SPSS version 20 and presented in figures and tables. The interview data were thematically analysed and presented. A total of 90 students (40 junior and 50 senior) were purposively selected and participated in this study. The findings revealed that the rare use of speaking activities like pair work, group work, role-plays, group presentations and improper method of teaching were some of the factors on the part of teachers that affected students' speaking skill. Psychological factors and weak background of English language on the part of students were some of the factors that impede students speaking skill. Similarly, large classes and the lack of basic facilities in the speaking classroom were some of the factors on the part of learning-environment that affected the students speaking skill. It is hoped that the findings of the current study will help teachers as well as students to be attentive toward their related responsibilities to reduce the factors that affect students' speaking skill.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Mashwani, Hazrat Usman
author_facet	Mashwani, Hazrat Usman
author_sort	Mashwani, Hazrat Usman
title	Factors affecting Afghan EFL undergraduates' speaking skill / Hazrat Usman Mashwani
title_short	Factors affecting Afghan EFL undergraduates' speaking skill / Hazrat Usman Mashwani
title_full	Factors affecting Afghan EFL undergraduates' speaking skill / Hazrat Usman Mashwani
title_fullStr	Factors affecting Afghan EFL undergraduates' speaking skill / Hazrat Usman Mashwani
title_full_unstemmed	Factors affecting Afghan EFL undergraduates' speaking skill / Hazrat Usman Mashwani
title_sort	factors affecting afghan efl undergraduates' speaking skill / hazrat usman mashwani
granting_institution	Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
granting_department	Faculty of Education
publishDate	2018
url	https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/66295/1/66295.pdf
_version_	1783735609341247488

Factors affecting Afghan EFL undergraduates' speaking skill / Hazrat Usman Mashwani

Similar Items