Developing Saudi EEF Students' Oral Skills: An Integrative Approach

Autor/in	Aljumah, Fahad Hamad
Titel	Developing Saudi EEF Students' Oral Skills: An Integrative Approach
Quelle	In: English Language Teaching, 4 (2011) 3, S.84-89 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1916-4742
Schlagwörter	Oral Language; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; English (Second Language); Skill Development; Universities; College Students; Foreign Countries; Sociolinguistics; Classroom Communication; Student Participation; Teacher Student Relationship; Qualitative Research; Statistical Analysis; Saudi Arabia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Oral interpretation; Mündlicher Sprachgebrauch; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; University; Universität; Collegestudent; Ausland; Soziolinguistik; Klassengespräch; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Qualitative Forschung; Statistische Analyse; Saudi-Arabien
Abstract	This study investigates the problems of EFL/ESL university students' unwillingness to speak and take part in class discussions. Saudi students find it inappropriate to speak in class because of their fear to be seen as verbally challenging their teachers' views openly and publicly. Even when they do, they speak a little. This leads to frustration on the side of the teacher, in addition to the absence of any clear feedback from the students: whether they have/have not understood the lecture. The study proposes an integrative approach addressing this problem by integrating all the four communication skills, in addition to the sociolinguistic factor. It has been conducted at the English Department, Qassim University, KSA. The results show that the students have exhibited a considerable improvement in the oral skills. In short, the integrative approach procedure has been generally useful in overcoming those hurdles of students' reticence to communicate, participate, and interact with one another in class discussions. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01