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    Examining The Factors That Limit Students’ English Language Speaking Ability in Speaking Class at Hinde Secondary School (The case of Grade 10)
    (Addis Ababa University, 2024-08) Berhanu Tolesa Amante; Hailom B. (PhD)
    The general objective of this study was to examine the factors that limit students’ English Language ability in teaching speaking skills at Hinde Secondary School The main focus was to detect how speaking skill is practiced in teaching Engilsh language and the challenges that learners experience and encounter during instruction. To this end, 60 Grade 10 students were selected by using simple random sampling technique, availability sampling technique and purposive sampling technique for collecting data. Questionnaires, class observation. and focus group discussion were employed to add up the credibility and validity of the study. Seven EFL teachers were participated for responding the questionnaires addressed to them with a sense of cooperative randomly. Accordingly, a research design with descriptive study analyzed and interpreted qualitatively and quantitatively by using frequency and percentage. The adapted questionnaires with 20 items were administered for both students and teachers. In addition, class observation and focus group discussion in the form of interview were addressed and triangulated with others tools of investigations. The findings of the study revealed that speaking anxiety. Lack of interest and the influence of mother tongue are mainly limited the students’ speaking ability in speaking class. These are the limitation isolated in the study to look forward for further investigation of speaking skills. Eventually, the researcher recommended that the speaking skill is an outstanding skill that can be used for interaction and communication. It is a means to an end not the end itself. The end is to make our learners fluent and proficient users of the target language. Thus from the steps the researcher moved through so far ascertained that: