AN ASSESSMENT OF THE SPEAKING SKILL AMONG EFL LEARNERS Case of Second Year Licence Students at Tlemcen University

Abstract

Speaking English language is without doubt the challenge of any EFL learner. However, the bigger challenge is how teachers assess the ability of speaking of a learner and on which ground they judge this ability as being high or low. The objective of this research work is to investigate the assessment of the speaking skill in the department of English at Abu-Bakr Belkaid University in Tlemcen, case of second year license students, and to propose some remedies to level up the students’ ability to speak English and the teachers’ assessment practices.