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This study investigated the Factors responsible for the negative attitude of secondary school students towards spoken English (phonetic), focusing on five key areas: articulatory, auditory and acoustic aspects, vocabulary development, creativity, revision skills, and attitudes towards spoken skills. The descriptive research design was used for this research work. Four research questions were drawn up to guide this study. Questionnaire was designed and analysed data collection. A total of one hundred and thirty three (149) respondents were used for the study. The simple percentage was used for analysing data obtained from the study. The findings revealed that Factors responsible for the negative attitude of secondary school students towards spoken English (phonetic) are of various factors which include proficiency and teaching methodology of phonetics teachers. Additionally, it has been observed that students’ Proficiency in English language, especially phonetics, is a major concern among educational stakeholders. Based on the findings, the study recommends that English teachers should channel their strength of emphasis on those aspect of Spoken English that is not obtainable in our Spoken native tongue. By repetitive activities, the students will familiarize themselves with those difficult but necessary aspects of the spoken English; Language laboratories and functional libraries should be provide in schools to aid learning.

This study investigated the Factors responsible for the negative attitude of secondary school students towards spoken English (phonetic), focusing on five key areas: articulatory, auditory and acoustic aspects, vocabulary development, creativity, revision skills, and attitudes towards spoken skills. The descriptive research design was used for this research work. Four research questions were drawn up to guide this study. Questionnaire was designed and analysed for data collection. A total of one hundred and thirty three (149) respondents were used for the study. The simple percentage was used for analysing data obtained from the study. The findings revealed that Factors responsible for the negative attitude of secondary school students towards spoken English (phonetic) are of various factors which include proficiency and teaching methodology of phonetics teachers. Additionally, it has been observed that students’ Proficiency in English language, especially phonetics, is a major concern among educational stakeholders. Based on the findings, the study recommends that English teachers should channel their strength of emphasis on those aspect of Spoken English that is not obtainable in our Spoken native tongue. By repetitive activities, the students will familiarize themselves with those difficult but necessary aspects of the spoken English; Language laboratories and functional libraries should be provide in schools to aid learnin