SPEAKING DIFFICULTY OF FIRST YEAR BSED-ENGLISH STUDENTS
OF RAMON MAGSAYSAY MEMORIAL COLLEGES
The researcher aims to determine the speaking difficulty of first year BSEd
English Students of Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Colleges, enrolled during academic
year 2021.
Specifically, this study seeks to answer the following:
1. What are the common speaking difficulties of the BSEd English students?
2. What is the level of speaking difficulty of the BSEd English students?
3. Does speaking difficulty significantly influence the students’ academic
performance?
RESEARCH QUESTIONNAIRE/DEVELOPED MATERIALS
Name: ____________________
Direction: Check (✓) the option that best represents your answer. Evaluate your
speaking difficulty in relation to your online learning performance.
Rating Scale Interpretation
Always (5) Very High
Often (4) High
Sometimes (3) Moderate
Seldom (2) Low
Never (1) Very Low
(5) (4) (3) (2) (1)
Always Often Sometime Seldom Never
s
Speaking Difficulty
1. I think learning to
speak is fun.
2. I stuttered whenever
I speak.
3. I am not .
comfortable in
speaking my thoughts
about certain things.
4. I’m afraid of making
errors whenever I
speak.
5. I’m ashamed to
speak my ideas in
class.
6. I’m not confident to
speak.
7. I’m afraid to commit
grammatical error.
8. I’m afraid to
received criticism.
9. I don’t like to
express my answer
vocally.
10. I am nervous in
public speaking.
11. I will be worried if
my classmates speak
English better than
me.
12. I feel shy to speak
English with another
friend.
13. Talking to my
lecturer using English
makes me
uncomfortable and
unconfident.
15. Non-availability of
words to express
feelings.
16. I find it difficult to
speak grammatically in
English during a
speaking learning
activity.
17. I have no motive to
express themselves.
18. If I speak in
English, I find it difficult
to get the meaning of
new vocabulary.
19. If I have difficulties
speaking with my
lecturer and other
friends, I need my
mother tongue to help
me.
20. I have low or
uneven participation.