HINDRANCE TO EFFECTIVE ENGLISH SPEAKING AT HIGHER SECONDARY LEVEL: A CASE STUDY ON THE COLLEGES OF DHAKA CITY IN BANGLADESH

Authors

  • Dilara Dilshad Lecturer, Department of English and Modern Languages under the College of Arts and Sciences (CAAS) at International University of Business Agriculture and Technology (IUBAT), Dhaka
  • Sheikh Saifullah Ahmed Lecturer, Department of English and Modern Languages under the College of Arts and Sciences (CAAS) at International University of Business Agriculture and Technology (IUBAT), Dhaka
  • Md Sadekul Islam Associate Professor, Department of English and Modern Languages under the College of Arts and Sciences (CAAS) at International University of Business Agriculture and Technology (IUBAT), Dhaka http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1020-1351

Abstract

The paper aims at investigating the prevailing barriers that the learners of higher secondary level in Dhaka city encounter in speaking English effectively in their classrooms. It reconnoitres the challenges that prevail in the teaching-learning environment and impede rehearsing English speaking inside the classroom. English has been inescapably used in everyday life in this period of intense global competition. But for various reasons, students in higher secondary level often struggle to develop adequate speaking skills.And these obstacles affect in their upcoming higher study, going abroad as well as in their future career. This study aims to locate the hindrances that most of the students of the level face in speaking English fluently in the classroom. A systematic study is conducted using a quantitative approach, and a questionnaire is used to obtain data.The findings accentuate the unreachability of logistic, managerial, and administrative amenities; unapproachability of pertinent teaching-learning techniques, methods and approaches, inaccessibility of reciprocated and accommodating setting that reinforce the core impediments in teaching-learning English speaking at higher secondary stage. This paper pinpoints all those problems and presents probable recommendations to develop English speaking competency. Future scholars will benefit from this study’s insights as they investigate the difficulties faced by English language learners in Bangladesh.

Keywords: Competency, Dhaka, effective English speaking, higher secondary level, hindrance.

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2022-12-21

How to Cite

Dilshad, D., Ahmed, S. S., & Islam, M. S. (2022). HINDRANCE TO EFFECTIVE ENGLISH SPEAKING AT HIGHER SECONDARY LEVEL: A CASE STUDY ON THE COLLEGES OF DHAKA CITY IN BANGLADESH. ANGLISTICUM. Journal of the Association-Institute for English Language and American Studies, 11(11), pp.41–58. Retrieved from https://www.anglisticum.org.mk/index.php/IJLLIS/article/view/2336

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Volume 11, Nr.11, November 2022