ϭ King Saud University Deanship of Graduate Studies Department of English Language and Literature Causes of EFL speaking weakness in Saudi Secondary Schools in Al-Gunfuthah City MA Thesis Submitted to the English Language Department in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics Abduh Ali Al-ma’shy 426121060 Supervised by: Dr. Ibrahim Ali Haji-Hassan 1432/2011 Second Semester