A SYSTEMATIC APPROACH AND TECHNIQUES TO IMPROVE ENGLISH SPEAKING SKILLS AMONG THE SCHOOL LEVEL STUDENTS IN WADI AL SHATTI REGION

الملخص

English is considered a link language in the globalized scenario to communicate with the rest of the world. Most of the non native countries in the world teach English as a second language ever since the children are of 3 years of age. The situation in Libya in this regard until a few years ago has been different. Students are introduced learning English alphabet at a late age consequently they are seen weak in acquiring English language skills even after completing their high school studies. However, the English language teaching and learning situation in Libya, at present, is better than before as it is being introduced from the earlier stages of studies. Hence, the main objective of this paper is to check the level of the students at the high school level to understand their strengths and weaknesses and to find out ways by following a systematic approach to improve the English speaking skills among the young learners by the time they graduate from high schools. This study is conducted at a high school in Wadi Al shatti region. This paper carries out a quantitative method of research by using a questionnaire as a data collection tool to analyze the findings and suggest effective recommendations. The results show that lack of enough vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation skills are the important factors that hamper the speaking skills of the learners. Hence, the study, in its recommendations section, suggests effective measures to address these crippling factors and the study concludes that speaking skills can be obtained by the learners with ease once the steps suggested in the recommendatios sections are kept in place.