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Investigation of English Spoken Abilities of
Pakistani ESL Learners

Ali Hussain
Faizan Ahmed Qureshi
Dr. Abdul Malik Abbasi
SMIU Karachi

Abstract

The present paper aims to investigate the spoken abilities of undergraduate students of Sindh Madressatul Islam University, Karachi. The paper investigates three parameters of spoken skills of the students i.e., the importance of speaking skills, the types of mistakes made in English speaking, the cause of poor speaking skills and the solution to the problems in speaking of undergraduate students. For this purpose a study was carried out between the male and female undergraduates of Sindh Madressatul Islam University, Karachi. For data collection, a questionnaire was developed and given to forty participating students (20 males and 20 females) were asked forty questions each on Likert scale. The data analysis shows that almost 70% of the Pakistani English language learners face pronunciation problems and tenses problems. It was also further investigated that the causes of these problems were lack of practice, being a non-native speaker and less attention towards the English language. The language learners can enhance their spoken abilities, if the proper help of the language teacher is taken timely.

Keywords: Investigation, Spoken Abilities, Pakistani English language learners

Introduction

The present paper aims to investigate the importance of spoken skills for undergraduate students. The research paper will also try to find the causes of poor speaking skills of students and the solution to these problems. For this purpose, data was collected from forty students. Twenty male and twenty female, each student was given a questionnaire consisting forty questions that fall in four main questions/parts which were on the importance of speaking skills, types of problems in speaking, causes and solution to the problems. The present study will help understanding the problem of poor speaking skills in undergraduate students and will also help the teachers better understand the needs of the students. It will give the teachers a signpost to follow while teaching English to ESL learners and to aid some knowledge to the existing study. In addition, he ESL learners will also know about the areas of spoken English they need to improve in order to develop better spoken abilities. Amongst the four basic learning skills (writing, speaking, listening and reading) speaking ability is the most important as they give a person the power to persuade the audience. Speaking skills help to develop the other basic learning skills and gives the student the ability to compete in the job market and other spheres of life. In today’s world where English is the official language of many countries and a powerful tool of communication individuals with good English speaking skills are highly sought after therefore development of speaking skills in students a undergraduate level has become most important. Without good speaking skills it is not possible to have command over a language therefore the development of speaking skills is the most important.

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Ali Hussain, Student
Department of Computer Science
Sindh Madressatul Islam University
Karachi
Pakistana
hussain@student.smiu.edu.pk

Faizan Ali, Student
Department of Computer Science
Sindh Madressatul Islam University
Karachi
Pakistan
fali@student.smiu.edu.pk

Dr Abdul Malik Abbasi
Assistant Professor of English
Sindh Madressatul Islam University
Karachi
Pakistan
amabbasi@smiu.edu.pk

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