Theme The difficulties facing English learners in oral

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