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Investigating the problems of teaching oral English communication skills in an EFL context at the tertiary level

Although a good number of studies have been conducted on the problems EFL learners face to develop oral English communication skills, only a few studies tackled the problems EFL teachers face when teaching oral English communication skills at the tertiary level globally and in the Bangladeshi EFL co...

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Main Authors: Ibna Seraj, Prodhan Mahbub, Habil, Hadina, Hasan, Md. Kamrul
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Published: Eskisehir Osmangazi University 2021
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L Education (General)
PE English
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spelling my.utm.945162022-03-31T15:46:55Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/94516/ Investigating the problems of teaching oral English communication skills in an EFL context at the tertiary level Ibna Seraj, Prodhan Mahbub Habil, Hadina Hasan, Md. Kamrul L Education (General) PE English Although a good number of studies have been conducted on the problems EFL learners face to develop oral English communication skills, only a few studies tackled the problems EFL teachers face when teaching oral English communication skills at the tertiary level globally and in the Bangladeshi EFL context. Thus, the objectives of this study are to explore the problems faced by EFL teachers and the relationship between teachers' demographic factors and the problems of teaching oral English communication skills (OECSs) at the tertiary level in Bangladesh. To obtain these objectives, the researchers employed an explanatory sequential mixedmethod research design by distributing an adapted survey questionnaire and conducting a semi-structured interview. Data were collected from 46 EFL teachers who were teaching at the department of English at 15 different public and private universities in Bangladesh. The synthesized results from quantitative and qualitative data show that the most frequent problems that EFL teachers face are the use of mother tongue, inappropriate teaching method, learners' passiveness, and lack of motivation, lack of oral practice environment, lack of supporting tools, lack of authentic materials and large class size. Besides, there is no statistically significant relationship between teachers' demographic factors and the problems the teachers face while teaching oral skills at the tertiary level in Bangladesh. In light of the results, this paper recommends that empirical studies should be conducted to provide teachers with methods that would integrate features of the smartphone, such as WhatsApp, call recorder, voice recorder etc. for teaching oral English communication skills. Eskisehir Osmangazi University 2021-04 Article PeerReviewed Ibna Seraj, Prodhan Mahbub and Habil, Hadina and Hasan, Md. Kamrul (2021) Investigating the problems of teaching oral English communication skills in an EFL context at the tertiary level. International Journal of Instruction, 14 (2). pp. 501-516. ISSN 1694-609X https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85101556815&origin=resultslist&sort=plf-f&src=s&st1
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topic L Education (General)
PE English
spellingShingle L Education (General)
PE English
Ibna Seraj, Prodhan Mahbub
Habil, Hadina
Hasan, Md. Kamrul
Investigating the problems of teaching oral English communication skills in an EFL context at the tertiary level
description Although a good number of studies have been conducted on the problems EFL learners face to develop oral English communication skills, only a few studies tackled the problems EFL teachers face when teaching oral English communication skills at the tertiary level globally and in the Bangladeshi EFL context. Thus, the objectives of this study are to explore the problems faced by EFL teachers and the relationship between teachers' demographic factors and the problems of teaching oral English communication skills (OECSs) at the tertiary level in Bangladesh. To obtain these objectives, the researchers employed an explanatory sequential mixedmethod research design by distributing an adapted survey questionnaire and conducting a semi-structured interview. Data were collected from 46 EFL teachers who were teaching at the department of English at 15 different public and private universities in Bangladesh. The synthesized results from quantitative and qualitative data show that the most frequent problems that EFL teachers face are the use of mother tongue, inappropriate teaching method, learners' passiveness, and lack of motivation, lack of oral practice environment, lack of supporting tools, lack of authentic materials and large class size. Besides, there is no statistically significant relationship between teachers' demographic factors and the problems the teachers face while teaching oral skills at the tertiary level in Bangladesh. In light of the results, this paper recommends that empirical studies should be conducted to provide teachers with methods that would integrate features of the smartphone, such as WhatsApp, call recorder, voice recorder etc. for teaching oral English communication skills.
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author Ibna Seraj, Prodhan Mahbub
Habil, Hadina
Hasan, Md. Kamrul
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Habil, Hadina
Hasan, Md. Kamrul
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title Investigating the problems of teaching oral English communication skills in an EFL context at the tertiary level
title_short Investigating the problems of teaching oral English communication skills in an EFL context at the tertiary level
title_full Investigating the problems of teaching oral English communication skills in an EFL context at the tertiary level
title_fullStr Investigating the problems of teaching oral English communication skills in an EFL context at the tertiary level
title_full_unstemmed Investigating the problems of teaching oral English communication skills in an EFL context at the tertiary level
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publisher Eskisehir Osmangazi University
publishDate 2021
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