Abstract
ESL Learners’ Challenges in Speaking English in Malaysian Classroom
Highlights
Malaysians have to learn English because it is widely used in a variety of day-to-day activities like commercial enterprise, education, and management
Because Malaysia is one of the very few countries in the world in which English is formally used as a second language, English is regarded as an important part of the education system in the country (Thirusanku and Yunus, 2012)
The terms used to search for past related studies in the above databases' keywords fields were Malaysian English as second language (ESL) learners' speaking challenges, low speaking proficiency among Malaysian ESL learners, problems with English speaking in Malaysia, factors causing speaking difficulties among Malaysian ESL learners, and effective strategies to overcome the speaking challenges
Summary
Malaysians have to learn English because it is widely used in a variety of day-to-day activities like commercial enterprise, education, and management. The four skills of language acquisition are a set of four abilities that enable learners to perceive and generate spoken language in order to communicate properly and effectively with others. Though listening, speaking, reading, and writing abilities are all important, speaking skill generally takes precedence over the others since speaking or, in other words, communication occurs frequently in one's everyday life, both in formal and informal contexts. In the educational policy, the ultimate goal for many national governments to ensure that students can speak more effectively in order to generate competent English speakers. This will enable them to compete globally (Arif and Amin, 2021)
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