Contents introduction chapter I. Problems and challenges in teaching and learning speaking at advanced level

The main aim of the course work is This preliminary study aims to describe 
the challenges that the teachers face in teaching English speaking to their students. 
Speaking is perceived as the most fundamental skill to acquire since the onset of the 
communicative era is treated as the ultimate goal of language teaching, and its proper 
development has become the attention of both teachers and learners. However, it is 
also a commonly recognized fact that achieving proficiency in foreign language 
speaking is not an easy task. Thus, it is important for teachers to be aware of the 
challenges in teaching speaking so that they can seek for solutions to them. 
Accordingly, this preliminary study collected data by interviewing two teachers 
from a public senior high school in Bireuen, Aceh. These teachers have been 
teaching English for the past ten years in the school, respectively. They revealed that 
the challenges they encountered most in teaching speaking are students’ lack of 
vocabulary, pronunciation problems, nothing to say, lack of motivation and the use 
or interferecnes of the mother tongue. Thus, the teachers do their best to overcome 
these challenges along the process of their teaching in the classroom, and some of 
their efforts are also discussed in the paper. Future studies are suggested to collect 
data from other sources such as observations in the classroom during the teaching 
and learning process and gather information from students themselves through 
interviews and questionnaires. 
 

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The tasks of the course paper are following: 
- Review of problems in teaching speaking; 
- Analysis of problems in teaching speaking; 
- Development of solutions to problems in teaching speaking; 
The topicality of this work:
On May 6, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev chaired a meeting on measures to 
improve the system of teaching foreign languages.Several areas of knowledge are 
determined every year in Uzbekistan, the development of which is given priority 
attention. This year physics and foreign languages have become such areas. 
Uzbekistan’s policy of openness, active entry into the global market, 
expansion of international cooperation in all areas increase the need for studying 
foreign languages. 
Teaching in foreign languages is conducted in 25 higher education 
institutions in Uzbekistan. In 2016, there were only 7 such institutions. Over the past 
3 years, the number of applicants who have received a language certificate of 
international level has increased tenfold. 
This year 350 students received grants to study at prestigious foreign 
universities through the El-Yurt Umidi Foundation, which is five times more than in 
previous years.
The time has come to create in Uzbekistan a new system of teaching foreign 
languages, which will become a solid foundation for the future. Since we set 
ourselves the goal of building a competitive state, from now on, graduates of schools, 
lyceums, colleges and universities must be fluent in at least two foreign languages. 
This strict requirement should become the main criterion for the work of the head of 
each education institution”, Shavkat Mirziyoyev said. 
It was noted that an Agency for the Promotion of Learning Foreign Languages
will be created under the Cabinet of Ministers.”