Abstract:
The main objective of this research investigating teachers’ beliefs and attitudes towards
delivering or teaching spoken English. Sequential descriptive research design was used in this
study. The participants of this study were English language teachers in four schools and all
English teachers were participants. An interview and classroom observation was employed to
gather data. The interview was analyzed qualitatively (transcribed and categorized according
to related themes), while the observation was analyzed both qualitatively and quantitatively. The
study revealed that students’ lack of interest, being passive participants, lack of good
background knowledge on the language, and related challenges were stated by teachers as a
problem in teaching spoken English in the classroom. The findings of this research also
disclosed that teachers think that private schools have better chance of improving their students’
speaking ability than that of governmental schools.