期刊名称：International Journal of English and Education
印刷版ISSN：2278-4012
出版年度：2019
卷号：8
期号：2
页码：1-12
出版社：Brahmaputra Publishing House
摘要：This study aimed to explore the EFL teachers' challenges of teaching oral skills in Amman, Jordan.
The participants of the study consisted of 130 EFL teachers in public and private schools in Jordan
who were selected randomly during the academic year 2017/2018.
A questionnaire, which consists of three domains of challenges (i.e. challenges related to
teachers, challenges related to students, and challenges related to equipment, facilities and
textbooks), was developed based on related literature. Interviews with some teachers were also made
to support the data collected via the questionnaire. Quantitative data were analyzed using SPSS (i.e.
means and standard deviations, ANOVA and MANOVA).
The results revealed that teachers- regardless of their experience, gender or the grade level they
teach- have similar challenges of teaching oral skills. The only differences were between public and
private school teachers with regard to the challenge of equipment. The results also showed that the
domain of “Students” as a source of challenge got the highest mean score (2.88).
The authors recommend that more teacher training workshops on teaching oral skills be held by the
Ministry of Education. It was also recommended that oral skills be included in the General
Secondary Certificate Exam in Jordan.
