TITLE:
Learners’ Challenges and English Educators’ Approaches in Teaching Speaking Skills in an ESL Classroom: A Literature Review
AUTHORS:
Agatheswari Paneerselvam, Maslawati Mohamad
KEYWORDS:
Speaking Skills, English as a Second Language (ESL), Elementary Pupils, Learners’ Challenges, Educators’ Teaching Approaches
JOURNAL NAME:
Creative Education,
Vol.10 No.13,
December
9,
2019
ABSTRACT: Speaking skill is one of the most essential skills to be acquired as it
is the means of communication around the globe. However, most of the English as
second language learners (ESL), are still struggling to develop their speaking
skills in English. Thus, this paper provides a literature review on the
challenges faced by the ESL learners in learning speaking skills and English
educators’ approaches in teaching speaking skills. Some of the challenges faced
by the ESL learners are lack of motivation and self-confidence, anxiety,
inhibition and limited knowledge of vocabulary. Therefore, it is necessary to
identify the approaches employed by English language educators in teaching
speaking skills and enhancing the speaking skills among these learners from
related past studies. Some of the English language educators’ approaches in
teaching speaking skills are by using social media such as Instagram, flipped
classroom, debates and games as learning activities within and outside
classroom. By identifying the approaches employed by other educators, ESL
educators could select the ones which might be feasible in their own classroom.