Reasons for Negligence of Testing Students English Language Orally at the Secondary Level

Abstract

The study aims at investing the reasons for negligence of testing students orally at the secondary level. The study is based on a descriptive analytic method. The data were collected by means of a questionnaire for teachers of English language of secondary schools in Gezira Southern locality. The participants in this study were 50 English language teachers from Gezira southern locality. The findings of the study showed that insufficient time and large classes contributed to the negligence of oral testing. In addition to, the absence of oral tests on the syllabus is considered one of the reasons for the negligence of oral tests. The recommendations of the study emphasize the importance of speaking skills testing and encourage teachers and educational circles to give particular consideration for testing oral skills. In addition, oral skills should be included in the syllabus. Moreover, teachers should devote extra time to test oral skills.