This research study has the objectives 1) to study the problems of English speaking skills for helping students of Wat Phaidam School about how to improve their speaking skills, 2) to develop speaking skills of the students at Wat Phaidam School, Thong End Subdistrict, Inburi District, Singburi Province. The sample group used for study consists of 25 students in Matthayomsaksa 2 at Wat Phaidam School, Thong End Subdistrict, Inburi District, Singburi Province in the academic year 2018.The tools used in this study are 10 Lessons whose topics are selected and prepared by researcher, including speaking lesson quizzes, The Pretest / Posttest with 10items, the questionnaire, and in-depth interview. This study was carried out during 20 class periods in the first semester in June, 2018 to November, 2018(2 hours per period).The analysis of data; Researcher analyzes data in different points such as 1)The scores from doing exercise in pre-test and post- test,2) the scores from doing exercise in the English Speaking Lessons,3) analyzing the data from in depth- interview about improving speaking skills from the speaking lessons of students.4) percentage.

The result of this research had been found that the speaking problem that the student rated as the most difficult was speaking English with the correct intonation. The most difficult speaking problem was speaking English as fluently as a native speaker. The most difficult problems were avoiding speaking English in front of friends for fear of making mistakes, and forgetting to say the final sounds of words. The most difficult problems were difficulty speaking English because of a limited understanding of grammar. The speaking problem experienced by these students was fear of people laughing at them because of the mistake they may make while speaking, which indicates a low level of confidence among these students regarding their English ability.

The results are clearly indicated that students are failed to speak English, even getting 2 years education in Matthayomsuksa2. They are facing English speaking problem, including lake of confidence, pronunciations etc. This study investigates the factors that become student’s obstacle to speak English. In addition, this study is also focused on finding out some causes and solutions of the obstacles. Overall, it can be concluded that, most students believed that the lack of practice was the main factor causing an obstacle for them to speak English. To turn to the possible solutions to overcome their problem in speaking English, this article suggests that more exercises or activities that can develop their vocabulary and speaking skills are worth considering. This shows that teacher should be more aware of their student’s obstacles and reluctance to speak English. To help students gain more knowledge of other linguistics aspects such as grammar and correct pronunciation. It is also important that teachers teach those aspects explicitly in order that students have good comprehension toward the aspects. This way is expectedly contributed to the development of the student’s speaking in English. As a result, students can achieve success in speaking English.All of them should we take as a sample to get the better teaching and learning English. Both teachers and students should be more aware of how they cope with an oral communication in order to get the high level of speaking English proficiency.

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