Factors affecting EFL students’ in speaking skill at Elmergib University

الملخص EN

The study aims at exploring the speaking difficulties encountered by English language students at Elmergab University.

The researcher adopted a questionaire which used in this research.

The sample was stratified random as drawn from Al Mergab university.

Survey questionnaires was constructed.

30 students who responded to a survey questionnaire.

The results showed and indicated there some difficulties in the speaking of the students due to some reasons such as fear of mistake, shyness, anxiety and lack of confidence.

The results of the study showed a ‘low’ speaking proficiency level among EFL learners.

The researcher adopted some recommendations the most important one is to establish an environment support and encourage the students to speak English frequently, and he suggested carrying out more researches and studies regarding speaking difficulties encountered by English language students.