Reasons for low development of spoken English among students include complex nature of speaking, inappropriate application of instructional methods, teachers’ low proficiency in spoken English and controlling behavior, students’ psychological factors, sociocultural factors, students’ inadequate linguistic resources, L1 interference, and large class size. The findings report that students’ current level of proficiency is around IELTS band score 5. Then, involving teachers and students, semistructured email interviews were conducted. Initially, selected students were given an IELTS-style speaking test in order to determine the overall proficiency in spoken English. This study attempted to understand and explain this problem hence, it set three aims: to evaluate students’ current level of proficiency in spoken English, to investigate the reasons, and to offer remedies. Since the universities have adopted EMI (English medium instruction) policy, the prevailing linguistic condition on the campus is an “English only environment.” In this context, students are required to communicate in English both inside and outside their classroom, but they desperately struggle to cope with this environment. Students of private universities in Bangladesh are often found to be less competent in spoken English.
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