Abstract:
The main objective of this study is to investigate the classroom practice of teaching speaking
skills in high schools, particularly in grade ten. The researcher focused mainly on the teachers’
role, students’ role, the techniques and procedures (strategies) used by the teachers, the activities,
and the resources used to teach speaking skills in speaking classes. To gather information on the
above main objectives various instruments were used. Those are students’ questionnaire,
classroom observation and teachers’ interview. 106 students (respondents) are the sample of the
questionnaire; the three English teachers are also the other sample for the interview. The data
were categorized and descriptively analyzed. The findings revealed that inappropriate teaching
speaking techniques and procedures were used in the mentioned grade level. Teachers were
observed using the traditional way of teaching speaking which is dominated by reading model
dialogues aloud asking and answering. There has been little or no time given for the current
approach, teaching speaking techniques and activities. The consequences of inappropriate
speaking practices use has resulted in the weak performance of the students in speaking. To that
end, this research paper has recommendations that could bring about a change in the practice of
teaching and learning speaking in the grade level studied so that current techniques and
procedures of teaching speaking should be employed.
