A case study of the development of an ESL learner's speaking skills through instructional debate
This study aimed to describe the implementation of debate activities in teaching English to Malaysian secondary students which can enhance students’ speaking skills. Moreover, through observing a Form One student, it was tried to identify the strategies used to compete in classroom debates and to de...
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| author | Amiri, Farzaneh Othman, Moomala Jahedi, Maryam |
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| description | This study aimed to describe the implementation of debate activities in teaching English to Malaysian secondary students which can enhance students’ speaking skills. Moreover, through observing a Form One student, it was tried to identify the strategies used to compete in classroom debates and to describe the development of the participant’s speaking skills through debates. The study found that debate activities had an impact on the participants through improving collaborative skills, raising awareness of speakers’ roles and guiding participants via prepared texts. Besides, the main communicative strategies employed by the participant were compensatory and avoidance strategies. The result has also shown the improvement of the participant’s speaking skills after five rounds of debate activities. |
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| spelling | upm-227012020-03-05T06:37:35Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22701/ A case study of the development of an ESL learner's speaking skills through instructional debate Amiri, Farzaneh Othman, Moomala Jahedi, Maryam This study aimed to describe the implementation of debate activities in teaching English to Malaysian secondary students which can enhance students’ speaking skills. Moreover, through observing a Form One student, it was tried to identify the strategies used to compete in classroom debates and to describe the development of the participant’s speaking skills through debates. The study found that debate activities had an impact on the participants through improving collaborative skills, raising awareness of speakers’ roles and guiding participants via prepared texts. Besides, the main communicative strategies employed by the participant were compensatory and avoidance strategies. The result has also shown the improvement of the participant’s speaking skills after five rounds of debate activities. Center for Promoting Ideas 2017 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22701/1/A%20case%20study%20of%20the%20development%20of%20an%20ESL%20learner%27s%20speaking%20skills%20through%20instructional%20debate.pdf Amiri, Farzaneh and Othman, Moomala and Jahedi, Maryam (2017) A case study of the development of an ESL learner's speaking skills through instructional debate. International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 7 (2). pp. 120-126. ISSN 2220-8488; ESSN: 2221-0989 https://www.ijhssnet.com/journal/index/3761 |
| spellingShingle | Amiri, Farzaneh Othman, Moomala Jahedi, Maryam A case study of the development of an ESL learner's speaking skills through instructional debate |
| title | A case study of the development of an ESL learner's speaking skills through instructional debate |
| title_full | A case study of the development of an ESL learner's speaking skills through instructional debate |
| title_fullStr | A case study of the development of an ESL learner's speaking skills through instructional debate |
| title_full_unstemmed | A case study of the development of an ESL learner's speaking skills through instructional debate |
| title_short | A case study of the development of an ESL learner's speaking skills through instructional debate |
| title_sort | case study of the development of an esl learner's speaking skills through instructional debate |
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