Factors Behind Weaknesses of Afghan Students’ Speaking Skills

Mohammad Nawab Shinwari; Miawalishah Miakhel

doi:10.55544/ijrah.3.2.21

Authors

Mohammad Nawab Shinwari Senior Teaching Assistant, Department of English, Shaikh Zayed University, AFGHANISTAN.
Miawalishah Miakhel Assistant Professor, Department of Pashto, Shaikh Zayed University, AFGHANISTAN.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55544/ijrah.3.2.21

Keywords:

Weaknesses, Speaking skill, fluency, communication

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.

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