Speaking Difficulties at Pre-sessional English for Academic Purpose (PEAP 2): What is the PEAP 2 students’ perception of speaking difficulties?

Abstract

The research aims at investigating the speaking problems that the students experienced during their study at Pre-sessional English for Academic Purposes (PEAP 2). the results of the study showed that the students of PEAP 2 experienced problems in speaking. However, there are different types of speaking difficulties. The most common difficult types were vocabulary, grammar and mispronunciation. Another problem which also has been raised during the research is that most of the students (87%) found it difficult to speak properly with native speakers.