Abstract:
The present study aims to depict the speaking difficulties that affect EFL
learners’ oral performance at Middle school , Third year students Annasser (
Bordj Bou Arreridj ) . Throughout this study we hypothesize that students
encounter a number of obstacles like linguistic problems, psychological problems,
or the learners’ bad attitudes towards the topic…etc. These obstacles prevent them
from improving their oral skill. In order to confirm the previous hypotheses, we
investigated the case of third year students at Middle school and the teachers of
the English language at the same level . We have used more than one research
tool; a questionnaire, an interview, and a classroom observation. The data
obtained from the research tools indicate that there are some factors affect the
students’ oral performance in learning English as a Foreign language . As the last
step, the data suggests some techniques and activities that help students
effectively to face their speaking problems, as it provides some advice for both
learners and teacher for a successful oral performance in teaching and learning
English
