Factors Behind Weaknesses of Afghan Students’ Speaking Skills

Author:

Shinwari Mohammad Nawab,Miakhel Miawalishah

Abstract

The current study aimed to explore major factors behind common weaknesses in speaking skills of Afghan students were majoring in English at Shaikh Zayed University. A descriptive research design was employed in the study, and a modified close-ended questionnaire was distributed to collect data from (20) female and (80) male students. Also, IBM SPSS Statistics 24th version was used to analyse collected data; frequency and percentage were presented in tables. Furthermore, the study's findings revealed that fear of making mistakes while speaking, low self-confidence and poor grammar knowledge were the leading factors behind common weaknesses of students' speaking skills.

Publisher

Stallion Publication

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