Snapticon: Developing effective listening skills for group oral discussion
In many higher education institutions (HEIs) around the world, one of the popular English oral assessments for ESL learners is group discussion. In group discussions, it is vital that they have the ability to manage topics in a discussion by knowing how to initiate a topic, expand on the topic, seam...
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| author | Ngah, Ezihaslinda Fauzi, Wan Jumani Mohd Radzuan, Noor Raha Abdullah, Hazlina Mohd Ali, Amy Zulaikha Noor Azlinda, Zainal Abidin Mohamad Fadzillah, Fathiah Izzati |
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| description | In many higher education institutions (HEIs) around the world, one of the popular English oral assessments for ESL learners is group discussion. In group discussions, it is vital that they have the ability to manage topics in a discussion by knowing how to initiate a topic, expand on the topic, seamlessly shift from one topic to another as well as close the topic appropriately. Students are therefore required to utilise their verbal and non-verbal skills to actively interact with all group members. Listening and speaking skills are equally important for effective communication including participating in group oral discussion. In order to help ESL learners to be active participants in group discussions, a card game called Snapticon was created. Open-ended questionnaires were distributed to 25 respondents in the study and observations were made while the game was being played. It was found from the findings that the respondents were positive as they regarded the game as interesting and fun. Therefore, it can be concluded that Snapticon has the potential to be used as a learning material to help develop ESL learners’ effective listening skills in group oral discussions. Moreover, the use of Snapticon enables learners to be interactionally competent when participating in group oral discussions. |
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| spelling | ump-345172025-01-15T07:48:56Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/34517/ Snapticon: Developing effective listening skills for group oral discussion Ngah, Ezihaslinda Fauzi, Wan Jumani Mohd Radzuan, Noor Raha Abdullah, Hazlina Mohd Ali, Amy Zulaikha Noor Azlinda, Zainal Abidin Mohamad Fadzillah, Fathiah Izzati PL Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania In many higher education institutions (HEIs) around the world, one of the popular English oral assessments for ESL learners is group discussion. In group discussions, it is vital that they have the ability to manage topics in a discussion by knowing how to initiate a topic, expand on the topic, seamlessly shift from one topic to another as well as close the topic appropriately. Students are therefore required to utilise their verbal and non-verbal skills to actively interact with all group members. Listening and speaking skills are equally important for effective communication including participating in group oral discussion. In order to help ESL learners to be active participants in group discussions, a card game called Snapticon was created. Open-ended questionnaires were distributed to 25 respondents in the study and observations were made while the game was being played. It was found from the findings that the respondents were positive as they regarded the game as interesting and fun. Therefore, it can be concluded that Snapticon has the potential to be used as a learning material to help develop ESL learners’ effective listening skills in group oral discussions. Moreover, the use of Snapticon enables learners to be interactionally competent when participating in group oral discussions. Universiti Teknologi MARA Selangor 2022-04 Article PeerReviewed pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/34517/1/Ngah%2C%20E.%20et%20al.%2C%202022%20Snapticon%20.pdf Ngah, Ezihaslinda and Fauzi, Wan Jumani and Mohd Radzuan, Noor Raha and Abdullah, Hazlina and Mohd Ali, Amy Zulaikha and Noor Azlinda, Zainal Abidin and Mohamad Fadzillah, Fathiah Izzati (2022) Snapticon: Developing effective listening skills for group oral discussion. Asian Journal of University Education (AJUE), 18 (2). pp. 361-374. ISSN 2600-9749. (Published) https://doi.org/10.24191/ajue.v18i2.17991 https://doi.org/10.24191/ajue.v18i2.17991 |
| spellingShingle | PL Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania Ngah, Ezihaslinda Fauzi, Wan Jumani Mohd Radzuan, Noor Raha Abdullah, Hazlina Mohd Ali, Amy Zulaikha Noor Azlinda, Zainal Abidin Mohamad Fadzillah, Fathiah Izzati Snapticon: Developing effective listening skills for group oral discussion |
| title | Snapticon: Developing effective listening skills for group oral discussion |
| title_full | Snapticon: Developing effective listening skills for group oral discussion |
| title_fullStr | Snapticon: Developing effective listening skills for group oral discussion |
| title_full_unstemmed | Snapticon: Developing effective listening skills for group oral discussion |
| title_short | Snapticon: Developing effective listening skills for group oral discussion |
| title_sort | snapticon: developing effective listening skills for group oral discussion |
| topic | PL Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania |
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