Teaching English speaking skills to the Arab students in the Saudi school in Kuala Lumpur: problems and solutions

Of the four English language skills, speaking enjoys a superior status. Accordingly, it should be given high priority while teaching. In spite of its importance, teaching English speaking skill to Arab EFL learners has always been an exacting task for Arab teachers of English because it is considere...

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Main Authors:	Al-Sobhi, Bandar Mohammad Saeed, Preece, Abdul Shakour Duncan
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Language:	English
Published:	ustralian International Academic Centre PTY. LTD. 2018
Subjects:	LB2361 Curriculum PE English
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spelling	iium-601652018-03-20T03:53:48Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/60165/ Teaching English speaking skills to the Arab students in the Saudi school in Kuala Lumpur: problems and solutions Al-Sobhi, Bandar Mohammad Saeed Preece, Abdul Shakour Duncan LB2361 Curriculum PE English Of the four English language skills, speaking enjoys a superior status. Accordingly, it should be given high priority while teaching. In spite of its importance, teaching English speaking skill to Arab EFL learners has always been an exacting task for Arab teachers of English because it is considered a foreign language, i.e. not widely spoken or used in everyday interactions. For such a reason, Arab teachers of English are required to persistently implement new teaching strategies to tackle the problems regarding speaking skills in the classroom. Although a number of studies have been carried out to investigate the difficulties related to teaching English language skills to the Arab students in the Arab World, the current study is regarded the first study which highlights the problems in learning and teaching English speaking skill in the Saudi School in Kuala Lumpur where English is actively spoken as a second language. The main objective of this paper is to investigate the common problems which affect the teaching of English speaking skills to the Arab learners in the Saudi School in Kuala Lumpur. Additionally, it aims at exploring the areas of difficulty that prevent the Arab students from learning to speak in the English classes. This research also scrutinises the role of Kuala Lumpur ESL context on the Arab students’ English language speaking skills. The current study adheres to qualitative method, and its data were collected via classroom observations and face-to-face interviews with four teachers of English and four students selected purposively. Findings included areas like learning and teaching difficulties. The study suggested some techniques to improve the teaching quality and enable the students to overcome their lack of speaking ability such as implementing communicative approach in the English classes. ustralian International Academic Centre PTY. LTD. 2018 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/60165/1/60165_Teaching%20English%20speaking%20skills%20to%20Arab%20students.pdf Al-Sobhi, Bandar Mohammad Saeed and Preece, Abdul Shakour Duncan (2018) Teaching English speaking skills to the Arab students in the Saudi school in Kuala Lumpur: problems and solutions. International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 6 (1). pp. 1-11. ISSN 2202-9478 http://www.journals.aiac.org.au/index.php/IJELS/article/view/4178
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description	Of the four English language skills, speaking enjoys a superior status. Accordingly, it should be given high priority while teaching. In spite of its importance, teaching English speaking skill to Arab EFL learners has always been an exacting task for Arab teachers of English because it is considered a foreign language, i.e. not widely spoken or used in everyday interactions. For such a reason, Arab teachers of English are required to persistently implement new teaching strategies to tackle the problems regarding speaking skills in the classroom. Although a number of studies have been carried out to investigate the difficulties related to teaching English language skills to the Arab students in the Arab World, the current study is regarded the first study which highlights the problems in learning and teaching English speaking skill in the Saudi School in Kuala Lumpur where English is actively spoken as a second language. The main objective of this paper is to investigate the common problems which affect the teaching of English speaking skills to the Arab learners in the Saudi School in Kuala Lumpur. Additionally, it aims at exploring the areas of difficulty that prevent the Arab students from learning to speak in the English classes. This research also scrutinises the role of Kuala Lumpur ESL context on the Arab students’ English language speaking skills. The current study adheres to qualitative method, and its data were collected via classroom observations and face-to-face interviews with four teachers of English and four students selected purposively. Findings included areas like learning and teaching difficulties. The study suggested some techniques to improve the teaching quality and enable the students to overcome their lack of speaking ability such as implementing communicative approach in the English classes.
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author	Al-Sobhi, Bandar Mohammad Saeed Preece, Abdul Shakour Duncan
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title	Teaching English speaking skills to the Arab students in the Saudi school in Kuala Lumpur: problems and solutions
title_short	Teaching English speaking skills to the Arab students in the Saudi school in Kuala Lumpur: problems and solutions
title_full	Teaching English speaking skills to the Arab students in the Saudi school in Kuala Lumpur: problems and solutions
title_fullStr	Teaching English speaking skills to the Arab students in the Saudi school in Kuala Lumpur: problems and solutions
title_full_unstemmed	Teaching English speaking skills to the Arab students in the Saudi school in Kuala Lumpur: problems and solutions
title_sort	teaching english speaking skills to the arab students in the saudi school in kuala lumpur: problems and solutions
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Teaching English speaking skills to the Arab students in the Saudi school in Kuala Lumpur: problems and solutions

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