Developing English Speaking Skills for Secondary School Students through Using Extracurricular Activities

Abstract

 This paper investigates developing English speaking skills for secondary school students through using   extracurricular activities in Gadarif Municipality. A descriptive analytic method was adopted to conduct  the study. To collect the data a questionnaire was designed for (the sample of35English teachers).The findings of the study revealed that the development of EFL speaking skills could be achieved via the   use of the following extracurricular activities: English language societies, debates, telling English stories, school radio, academic competition and presenting morning programme in English. Therefore, the study recommends formation of English language societies, conducting debates and academic competition among students as well assisting students to be familiar with English stories so that they can   act stage plays since they enable students at secondary schools to develop their English-speaking skills.