مجلة دراسات الإنسان و المجتمع

The study investigates "Speaking Difficulties that face Libyan EFL University Students." The problem of the study is represented in the difficulties that Libyan university students face during the spoken English course. The focus will be on the first year university students at the faculty of Arts and science, English Language Department in Al Kufra. The study aims to investigate and analyze the speaking problems that Libyan university students face, and then identify the reasons for these problems from the perspective of teachers and students. The analytical descriptive method was used and the questionnaire was used to gather the data which represent both the students' and teachers' attitudes. The primary data was collected using questionnaire, and the analysis of the responses showed that first-year students face many problems in learning spoken English as a skill within their EFL degree programme at the faculty of Arts and Science – Al Kufra