Abstract

The study was entitled Speaking difficulties of students in

English language and the purpose of this phenomenological study
is to explore the difficulties faced by the selected Senior High
School HUMSS students in speaking the English language in
Davao City National High School. This aims to answer the
difficulties faced by Senior High School HUMSS students in
speaking English; how should language teachers teach the English
language in an understandable way. Purposive sampling was used
in this study that yielded 6 participants. Thematic analysis was used
to analyze the data from the In-depth interview and Focus Group
Discussion. For the difficulties faced by SHS HUMSS students in
speaking English, the themes were challenge enunciating English
language, strategies to be well converse in English, and uneasiness
of students towards English. On how should teachers teach the
English language in an understandable way, Alternative way of
learning the language, Expound high falutin words, and Improve the
usage of language were the themes that emerged. Lastly, the
current study gives a brief understanding of the student’s
experiences of how they have face difficulties on speaking the
English language. It is interesting to include family orientations and
environment of the student as a factor in bringing up a strong
evidence of how it truly affects the performance of the student in the
school and in the English discussion.