A Small-Scale Study on the Learners Speaking Failure in English Language at the Undergraduate Level in Bangladesh

Abstract

This research aims at investigating the cases of failure in developing of Speaking as Communicative Competence for the Tertiary Level Students. In today’s globalized world, the language used most often is English. It has become the lingua franca for communication, business, education and opportunity in general. It occupies a place of prestige in our country. At present, the importance of English and the demand to teach learners for various communicative needs in our real life are greatly noticeable. But teachers of English in Bangladesh have emphasized on the acquisition of grammar and vocabulary rather than ‘Communicative Competence’.

This study explores the lack of Communicative Competence and Speaking Failure at the Tertiary Level Students. It focuses on the factors which are responsible for speaking failure and offers possible explanations why the students have influenced by those factors. It also focuses on the experience and comprehension of teachers to promote Communicative Competence at Tertiary Level in Bangladesh.

The topic of this research has interested me much as it is a crucial issue in the context of Bangladesh. English being an important language in communication, the learners face challenges in their academic and service life. In the classroom of Tertiary Level, there is an absence of proper teaching method of English. There is a visible gap between teachers and learners of English. Here this research is trying to focus on the Speaking skill how it is being taught and what are the lacking and shortcomings in promoting Communicative Competence and Speaking Skill at Tertiary Level in Bangladesh.