Investigating the Proficiency and Problems of Speaking Skills in Language Learning Faced by Undergraduate Students of South Punjab

Abstract

This research aimed at finding speaking problems faced by the BS students of English Department in South Punjab. This research was a descriptive quantitative with descriptive survey approach. To find the problems of the students in speaking English, a questionnaire was used for collecting the data. The questionnaire was adapted from Verapornvanichkul (2011). The survey consists of two aspect; linguistic problems (grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation), and psychological problems (anxiety, shyness, lack of confidence and lack of motivation). The sample of this research was all of the students of BS English, Department of English, Government Graduate College Kot Addu, Concordia College Kot Addu and Punjab College Kot Addu that consist of 150 students. The questionnaire was accessed by the student’s physical survey. The questionnaire of this research was presented using 5-point Likert-scale start from strongly agree to strongly disagree. The result showed that every student encounters each problem of speaking according to the aspect of linguistics as well as psychological. The mostly faced speaking problem in linguistic aspect is grammar of which mean score is (4.34) and use of mother tongue (4.34) and as the getting blank in front of the audience is psychological problem of which mean score is (4.30). The lowest mean score of the problem is selecting correct word during speaking of which mean score is (4.00).