Level of Speaking Skill of Yemeni EFL Learners: A Gender Perspective

Abstract

This study aimed to identify the level of speaking skill of the third year students of English, Faculty of Education, Ibb University, Yemen, from a gender perspective. To achieve the objectives of the study, an oral test was administered to a sample of 36 students, 11 males and 25 females, selected randomly from the main society of the study (72 students), in the second semester of the academic year 2020-2021, to talk about one topic of 400 words at least. The students' discourses were recorded and then transcribed by the researcher for analysis. The most significant findings of the study showed that the overall level of speaking skill of students was a pass (55.25%); and there were statistically significant differences between the mean scores of the speaking skill of male and female students in favor of males attributed to the variable of gender. Based on the findings of the study, a number of pedagogical implications were concluded.