Dificuldades no desenvolvimento da habilidade oral em língua inglesa: um desafio a ser superado pelos graduandos do curso de Licenciatura plena em Letras/Inglês da Universidade Estadual do Piauí-UESPI

Abstract

Oral ability as well as other abilities it is of fundamental importance in the English Language Learning, however, it is considered one of the most difficult for the English students to develop in the classroom. Thus, the purpose of this work was to investigate the barriers in the development of the oral ability by students of the English course of Universidade Estadual do Piauí- UESPI. First, a bibliographical research of the subject was made, using some authors in the elaboration of this work as Krashen, Jacobs, Coelho, Hall and Keynes. To reach the goals of this paper questionnaries were elaborated and answered by teachers and students of the first to fifth period of English course, in order to explain the difficulties faced by students in oral ability.