Teaching speaking to students of 11th grade at Heroes y Martires de la Reforma Institute in Masaya during the second semester 2016

The purpose of this research is to analyze the teaching strategies use by the teacher in order to determine their effects on development of the speaking skills in students of eleventh grade at Heroes y Martires de la Reforma Institute in Masaya. This research follows the mixed approach quantitative and qualitative; with the use of questionnaires as a quantitative technique, interviews and observations as a qualitative technique. (Bryman, 1988)Argued for a `best of both worlds' approach and suggested that qualitative and quantitative approaches should be combined. The sample of this research was select by a convenient method. The sample of the research was 66 students which represented the 100 % of the population. The main objective of this research was to analyze the teaching strategies that teacher used to develop speaking skills. Finally, it was found that the teaching speaking strategies applied in classes are not enough to promote speaking skills and language competence