• Shafiqa Anwar Abdulaziz Fakir

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To speak well in English is an integral part of language learning. This
research used a questionnaire to find out the types of tasks a group of 20 EFL
teachers in the intensive English program at the College of Languages (University of
Aden) used to promote their students' speaking. This research also investigated which
tasks they used to test their students' speaking, which features of spoken language they
paid attention to most, whether they used rubrics when scoring students oral ability,
and finally if these teachers had received training in assessing/testing speaking during
their undergraduate program. Findings of this research indicated that teachers used
communicative tasks to both teach and test their students' speaking. However, when
testing students' oral language, teachers focused more on students' accuracy and
based students speaking scores on personal observation. Finally, it was also found
that teachers had not received any training in assessing speaking. This research
recommended that there is a need for training these instructors in the use of scoring
rubrics as well as in EFL assessment.

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