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The private universities emphasise developing English skills. It seems that students of public and private universities have the same level of proficiency when they start but, at the end of four years of study, the students of private universities have acquired a higher level of proficiency in English. With observation, document analysis and a series of interviews with teachers who are teaching English language in these private universities, this study investigates how these private universities are helping the students to develop English language skills. It explores teachers’perceptions of the problems students encounter while speaking English and the factors that help these learners to develop their speaking skills.  \nIntroduction  \nIn Bangladesh, English language teaching and learning has followed the traditional grammar translation method in all levels of general education since it emerged as an independent country in 1971. In language classrooms, the focus was on grammatical rules, memorisation of vocabulary, translation of texts and doing written exercises. Classes were taught in the native language ‘Bangla’(also known as Bengali), with little active use of English language. Since the English courses did not seem to improve the skill levels of the students, as expected, reform started to take place in education from early 1990s. The globalisation of English and a growing demand for competent English language users in the job markets has placed a greater emphasis on English language teaching in Bangladesh. To raise people’s overall level of competency in English language, the Bangladesh government made changes in its education policy. The English Language Teaching Improvement Project introduced communicative textbooks up to the higher secondary level. The project aims to facilitate the teaching and learning of English with a methodology that will encourage students to acquire communicative competence in English through regular practice of these skills in the classroom. The enactment of the Private University Act in 1992 marked another major breakthrough in the higher education system in Bangladesh. The law was approved with the expectation that these universities would open their doors to the education appropriate for the time. These universities emphasise developing English language skills.  \nThis study focused on how these private universities are helping students to develop these skills. It explored teachers’ perceptions of the problems students encounter while speaking English and the factors that help these learners to develop their speaking skills. The work presented in this paper constitutes a part of a larger research project that had two objectives. One was to gain teachers’ perspectives  \n􀀹􀀶 Sabrin Farooqui Developing speaking skills of adult learners in private universities in Bangladesh 􀀹7  \non the problems students have while speaking in English, the reasons behind their perspectives and the factors that work for effective learning. The second objective was to obtain students’ perspectiveson their problems while speaking in English and their understanding of the ways that help them to develop this skill. This paper focuses on the first objective of the project. The achievement of both objectives will help to provide a more thorough picture of teaching of spoken English in these private universities. 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