TY - BOOK AU - Sabado, Gloria Antonette O. TI - Speaking difficulties of grade 9 students of Balaoan Districy / U1 - TH 808.5 Sa1s 2018 PY - 2018/// CY - City of San Fernando, La Union : PB - [s.n.] KW - Public speaking. N1 - Bibliography: various pagination N2 - This descriptive research determined the speaking difficulties of Grade 9 students of Balaoan District during the School Year 2017-2018 and the factors affecting their speaking skills of the School Year 2017-2018. A total of 50 Grade 9 students participated in the study. Data gathered using an oral test and group interview were treated using frequency, percentage, and ranking. Data gathered revealed that the Grade 9 students have the most difficulty in pronouncing words with fricative sounds followed by their difficulty in uttering diphtongs, vowel and consonant sounds. A validated Oral Skill Book was crafted and proposed by the researcher to help enchance the speaking skills of the Grade 9 students ER -