In addition, the study provides an understanding of the teachers’ and students’ opinions
about EFL learning, their EFL speaking knowledge, the nature of EFL speaking and its
value, and the current EFL speaking teaching methods. The interview data reveals that
the teachers and students generally have a positive attitude towards English language
learning and show a desire to develop their English language speaking. However, the
teachers and students have an undeveloped understanding about the nature of EFL
speaking and its related aspects. The teachers believe that the current teaching methods
are a good way to teach EFL speaking. However, they believe the speaking skill does
not receive enough emphasis in the textbook. The students, on the other hand, are not
satisfied with the teaching strategies they experience, and most of them declare that
these strategies need to be modified, as they believe that they don’t have enough
opportunities to practice the language in the classroom. The thesis provided detailed
description of how EFL speaking is taught inside the developed secondary schools for
females in Saudi Arabia and proposed recommendations to improve it.