English Speaking Skills: The Plight of Maguindanaon Students: A Phenomenology
Journal Title: Psychology and Education: A Multidisciplinary Journal - Year 2023, Vol 8, Issue 6
Abstract
This qualitative phenomenological inquiry was to determine the unraveled story of the plight of Maguindanaon English speaking skills of selected Grade 10 students of Datu Saudi Uy Ampatuan Memorial National High School, Maguindanao-1 Division. Thus, English speaking skills is one of the most essential for all the learners who wish to learn English to enhance their career, improve in business, build confidence levels, to get better job opportunities and success their respective fields. In the present modern world, everything is linked with speaking skills. The classroom is the ideal platform to acquire good communication skills. English language teachers have to understand the problems of English language learners and try to implement various teaching strategies. Hence, the study utilizing purposive sampling technique with in-depth interview with participants to gather data relevant to the research study. The researchers' made guided questionnaires in order to the participants explicate their experiences in the phenomena. Thematic analysis was utilized to provide rigorous analysis of data. Finally, the study revealed that, majority of the students learned the English language at the age of seven to twelve years old. (7-12). They mentioned that it took a long time for them to speak English language. Therefore, The English Language learners learned to speak English by reading books, listen to music and watching movies, observe, imitate, dramatize, socialize, and use English in social media to master and develop speaking skills. Consequently, ELLs have faced difficulties, like grammar, pronunciation, and lack of confidence. Moreover, many factors affect the English language of students, such as, lack of vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation, level of comprehension, social criticism, socio-economic status, and lastly lack of practice speaking the English language. Findings suggested that, some useful tips for the teachers to introduce various activities that involve the ELLs more on practicing their speaking skills in English Classroom. So that the ELLs their speaking skills that is useful for them to build their future career in a perfect way.
Authors and Affiliations
Parid Manakan, Leonel Untong, Haron Mohamad, Datu Raffy Ralph Sinsuat
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