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ABSTRACT 

 

 

 

The purpose of this study is to investigate how effective the methods of 

teaching speaking are, and how successful the students are in speaking English. And 

also this study aims to find out the role of the language teacher in teaching speaking. 

 

 

The participants in the sample group of this study were intermediate level 

undergraduate preparatory program students at the School of Foreign Languages at 

DEU and EU. 

 

 

The data were obtained by two instruments, a questionnaire and oral 

interview. The questionnaires were distributed to 229 students from DEU and 195 

students from EU. In oral interview, 40 students participated. 

 

 

The data analysis conducted by means of frequency, mean and percentage 

revealed that the students are unsuccessful in speaking English although they are 

highly eager for having this skill. High anxiety level is an important factor in this 

failure. The findings of oral interview demonstrated that the students only feel 

themselves not irritated while playing games. 

 

 

The techniques and the methods used in teaching speaking in English assist 

learning this skill positively but it is confirmed that this is not enough. 

 

 

The attitudes, manners and behaviour of the language teachers who teach 

speaking English to the language learners are appreciated by the students; however, 

this does not change the reality that they are unsuccessful in speaking English.     

 

 

 

 

 

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