Understanding English Speaking Difficulties: Implications for the English Language Curriculum for the Arab Students in a Pakistani University

Aziz, Musharraf

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-98533-6_17

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“…Furthermore, several research provide the most reliable evidence of the influence of instructional aids on reading. According to Abdel Aziz (2005), instructional aids such as flashcards are responsible for 26% of reading problems (tape aided reading, flash cards, posters, etc.). He also discovered that these instructional tools play a causal effect in reading difficulties, particularly in foreign languages.…”

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“…Teachers should be motivated and encouraged to undergo training classes on how to teach reading skills. Abdel Aziz (2005) showed that pupils' views about learning English are distorted, with many of them despising the topic and ignoring the exercises. He also demonstrated that students' attitudes toward studying English are skewed, with many of them despising the subject and ignoring things that occur outside of the classroom According to Al-Ageel (2006), the most important causes for learners' poor reading abilities include a weak foundation from the beginning of school, a lack of interest by parents in improving reading skills for their children, and a lack of collaboration between parents and schools.…”

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The Weakness of Iraqi Islamic High Schools Students During Reading Comprehension Activities in English , the Reasons and Remedies , Intermediate Grade as a Model

Jasim Al Zubaidi

2023

JLS

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This study aims at figuring out The weakness of Islamic High Schools Students in Iraq during reading comprehension activities in English as a foreign language, The Reasons and Remedies, intermediate stage as a model”. The study examines the effect of teachers' variables (gender, qualification, and years of experience), In order to achieve the objectives of the study, the researcher developed a data collection instrument: a questionnaire developed in English for the teachers. It consisted of two parts. The first one is demographic questions and the second consisted from 14 questions. The researcher conducted this study on the intermediate stage students who are learning English as a foreign language and their teachers of English of Islamic High School in Iraq by using a stratified random sample. The whole population consisted of (140) teachers, (68) males and (72) females. The results of the present study showed that reading difficulties faced by students in learning English resulting from students' reading behaviors were high. In addition, the content (textbook), teaching aids and teaching methods had a significant effect on the reading difficulties. In the light of the findings of the study, the researcher recommended holding training courses for the teachers to provide them with sufficient experience to teach their students the reading skill in the right way besides Attention distraction, lack of motivation, difficulty in academic content, feeling of making mistakes in front of colleagues, lack of a library concerned in English language in the school and lack of resources in the English language, insufficient time to read during the lesson , their speed of reading is very slow, their efficiency in understanding the meaning of a text is very poor and there are other reasons mentioned in this study. .

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The Weakness of Iraqi Islamic High Schools Students During Reading Comprehension Activities in English , the Reasons and Remedies , Intermediate Grade as a Model

Jasim Al Zubaidi

2023

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“…it is indicated that lack of practice is considered one of the biggest factors of speaking difficulties. Based on the research conducted by Aziz (2019), it is reported that a major issue impeding speaking improvement is a lack of practice time.…”

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High School Students’ Difficulties in English Speaking Skills of Namlea, Buru Island

Hajar

Rahman²

2022

EJPBI

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The study aims at exploring the speaking difficulties encountered by high school students and investigating the causes of such difficulties at Namlea , Buru Island The researcher implemented a descriptive qualitative method to describe the speaking difficulties found by high school students at Namlea, Buru Island . The researcher designed an interview to find the data and observed the students speaking. The interview was conducted for each student to investigate speaking difficulties and the causes of such difficulties. The results showed there some difficulties in faced by student in speaking due to some reasons such some students have inadequate English vocabulary, spelling pronunciation, problem. Students are lack grammatical understanding. This research also indicated several factors that cause the students difficulties, such as; Students’ paradigm, motivation, the lack of language environment support, few chances to practice speaking in the learning process.

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“…Apart from external factors, internal factors that inhibit speaking skill learning are (1) phonemic distortion as an articulation problem, (2) stuttering problems that are individual, (3) disruption of articulation of words due to pronunciation that is too fast, (4) listening to the difficulties caused by sounds that are too loud or too soft, (5) learners speak formally to the instructor or other students in a low or a loud voice. In addition, the language learning curriculum is also an important thing to consider to support students' speaking skills (Aziz, 2019).…”

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Improving Arabic Speaking Skill through Mind Mapping Strategy

Rachmawati¹,

Nugrahaeni²,

Mauludiyah³

2020

JIz

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Mind Mapping learning, that uses images and text with a purpose to describe the instructional ideas and concepts, gets lot attention by academicians. A renewal of Arabic learning method and strategy through mind mapping needs to be implemented in Arabic learning. The purpose of this study was to find out the implementation of Mind Mapping to improve students’ Arabic speaking skill. The research method used in this research was descriptive quantitative by emphasizing the improvement of students' speaking abilities and eliminating boredom in learning Arabic. The analysis process presented the results of scores carried out before and after the implementation of mind mapping in Arabic learning. The results of this study were Mind Mapping strategy was effective in learning Arabic, especially in learning speaking skills, because it gave students the courage to bring out new vocabulary they must master. The results were known from the difference between students’ attitude and effectiveness of mind mapping before using this instructional strategy. Based on the percentage results, the success rate of learning rose by 30% and the level of boredom of students in learning decreased by 35%. It means that this strategy can be implemented to improve Arabic speaking skill of students with joyful learning.

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Understanding English Speaking Difficulties: Implications for the English Language Curriculum for the Arab Students in a Pakistani University

Cited by 3 publications

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The Weakness of Iraqi Islamic High Schools Students During Reading Comprehension Activities in English , the Reasons and Remedies , Intermediate Grade as a Model

The Weakness of Iraqi Islamic High Schools Students During Reading Comprehension Activities in English , the Reasons and Remedies , Intermediate Grade as a Model

High School Students’ Difficulties in English Speaking Skills of Namlea, Buru Island

Improving Arabic Speaking Skill through Mind Mapping Strategy

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