Difficulties Experienced by First-Year Students Majoring in Tourism at Dai Nam University in Practicing English Speaking Skills

This study explores the challenges faced by first-year students majoring in tourism at Dai Nam University in practicing and improving their English-speaking skills. A five-point Likert scale questionnaire was used to anonymously survey 180 students who was studying Tourism majored, and in-depth interviews were conducted with 15 students for detailed insights. Results of the analysis showed that psychological factors; linguistic factors; social knowledge factors are the top three major contributors which hinder the speaking ability, which suggests new approaches to improving learners’ speaking skills.