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The role of vocabulary knowledge in speaking development of Saudi EFL learners
Raja Muhammad Ishtiaq Khan1, Noor Raha Mohd Radzuan2, Muhammad Shahbaz3, Ainol Haryati Ibrahim4, Ghulam Mustafa5.
Speaking in a foreign language is considered to be a challenging aspect of language learning that
demands competence and mastery in learning any foreign language. Vocabulary learning verifies
to play an important role in oral communication. However, literature lacks the studies where both
English as a foreign language (EFL) students and teachers’ views are obtained to provide analyses
of the situations in which learners are not showing desired results in speaking. The current study
explores the problems of lack of vocabulary that Saudi EFL students face with special focus on
their speaking proficiency. It aims to seek EFL teachers’ opinions on the extent to which lack of
vocabulary has influence on EFL students’ performance in listening, and conversation classes, and
in expressing their ideas and feelings, and especially in speaking skill. A questionnaire was used
for the responses from the students and an interview for the teachers to reveal their perceptions
about the vocabulary hindrance in speaking skills. 20 EFL instructors and teachers of Preparatory
Year Program (PYP) section of a public university and 110 EFL students participated in this study.
The analysis of the data showed that both teachers and learners indicated that lack of vocabulary
is one of the major factors in students’ inability to speaking English. In the current study, among
many other suggestions it is proposed that the inclusion of mobile assisted language learning could
be useful way of developing vocabulary for spoken proficiency of Saudi EFL learners.
Affiliation:
- Majmaah University, Saudi Arabia
- Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Malaysia
- Government College Women University, Pakistan
- Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Malaysia
- Majmaah University, Saudi Arabia
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