Factors Behind Weaknesses of Afghan Students’ Speaking Skills

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.