Perspectives of EFL Students’ Difficulties in Speaking

Abstract

The present research work with the topic "EFL Students’ Difficulties in Speaking” is a descriptive study, qualitative and quantitative data are analyzed to know the perspectives of the 55 participating students. Two sections were divided into the survey, the first for linguistic data and the second for speech problems; a Google Form survey was applied as an instrument, with a reliability value of 0.912 for Cronbach's alpha. It is concluded that psychological factors impair students' performance in speaking English. Also, most problems students focus on are fear of making mistakes and lack of confidence, such as American citizens or teachers from the area. We must contribute to develop new teaching methods and strategies that we can apply in our students and improve English language learning processes. Motivation on the part of teachers is a methodology that gives good results at the time of learning. Is a fundamental psychological element reach students' goals when seeking to achieve English language proficiency. This document will be a bibliographic reference for professionals dedicated to education or English language in search of descriptive studies that reflect the behavior of students in learning English, and make decisions to improve their work in the classroom based on the results of this document. KEYWORDS: DIFFICULTY PERSPECTIVES, SPEAKING.