SPEAKING PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED BY EFL STUDENTS AND POSSIBLE FACTORS FOR THEM

Abstract

Speaking skill is the most significant aspect of learning a foreign language and speaking skill acquisition is crucial for EFL students for the purpose of communication. Although the communicative language teaching method is by EFL teachers, the English language abilities of EFL students are still unsatisfactory, students encounter English speaking problems that hinder them to perform effective speaking. These problems have been investigated by several researchers from different countries. This article presents an overview of various speaking problems faced but EFL students from 1995 through 2020. Qualitative and quantitative studies were found through a systematic literature review process. Scientific articles were reviewed and analyzed using a qualitative content analysis approach. Basically, the research approaches used by the authors for data collection were interviews, observations, and questionnaires.
Keywords: speaking problems, factors, EFL students.