Trllly. being eji;;cfi"1! il1 spokell English /anguagl! is rery ilJljJorfalll for one fa btl slIccr!sYJjid persollrnb011l in academic (lilt! real /(fe (Teffl'i lies. HOlVen! ,., 1II0S1 sluc!ems ill Ethiopian high schools (lnd eV1!1Irnrhus/! Il'ho art! allt!lldillg /lIdr education Of fertlmy /el'e/ face lite problem a/comll/ui/icating IhroughrnsJlokt!1I English alld fhis. all/ong olher Illings . is resulted fr om fh i! leaching 1i!(//'IIill~ conditiullsrnoccurred in /01/g/lugt! c1a:oTooIIIS. The problem a/speaking English lunguage has olso bt!ell observedrnamong the L(I'r!l' ,-(sres p repar(l{OIY and secondary school Sflldel1lS It'hieh ill 111m lI1ilialec! IIII!rnrt!searcll er 10 assl!ss the EFL teachers' practices ill leaching speaking lessons Gild Iheir e.lforts illrnmaking and keeping Ihe speaking lessons more appropriate for their classroom situatiolls byrnell/ploying adaplir" lechlli'llles lril "1I Ihe speakillg aelivilies sel barriers 10 Ihe s/ildellis' leaming. Tornthis end, the spt'c(li!!d school I'as purpose/ully selected to be the selling of the stl/lf!' ul1d data wererncollected }i'OIll both swdents and teachers Ihrollgh classroom observation, inteITil!u"" /ocus grouprndiscussion ami Il!s.'ol1 plan (II/(/~"Si.'i" Theil lhe dow lI'ere al1a/.J"=ed qualiwlirel,l" (/1/(1 lhe St llC~jI hasrnCOlli I! up II'Uh Ih l! lindiJlgs Il'lIiell rel"eolthal EFL leachers are 1101 success/ill ill I)J"OI"idill~ sludelllsrnIfirlr speaking actirilies Ilial altou" them 10 lIIake real inreraClion il7 classrooll/ ulld they derale thernless praporlioll of class lillie 10 (he leachh1g ql speaking lessons il1 general and .for .'/Ildents"rnindependent Iforks ill particlllar: fhey lend ta /..o clls on making sllldents work 011 dialoglle'oclivilies 'rn,rhich are mechanical and 10 be done based 011 repeation. They dOll 'I also Call/III ;' lliemseives illrnmaking Ihe speaking lessons suitable Ihrolfgh adaplation even when the speaking activities selrn.barriers /0 sludems' /earl1l11g. Based on th e fin d;lIgs identified, these teachers are ad"is ed 10 cOl/1l11itrnthemselves to leach speaking lessons by devoting enough proportion o.lclass lillie amI by providingrnSlI/denlS lVilli .li'ee COl1lllllfl1;cati'(! aClivilies that call aI/ow thelll lIIake real interaCl ioll in classroolllrnIhaeb)' helping sflldel1ls imprm'e llieir cOll1mHl/iewil'e competence alld lise lhe lal1glla~e ill fheir reolrn1(le COllllllllllicOIioll ,"111(./ for Illis purpose, il is a/so recolllmended Iha! leachers should he /wo'idedrnwith necessary mutl!ria/s s lIch as rhe syllab us alld leacher 's gllide by Ihe hody c()l1 cl!l"IIed as II'ell usrnIII!!)" should gel chalices 10 partieipOIe in lVorkshops or orh er lang uage illlprovelllelll lrail1ing.",