The impact of task-based instruction on Tabuk University EFL students' speaking skills
The purpose of the present study was to examine the impact of TaskBased Instruction (TBI) on Tabuk University EFL students' speaking skills and usage of tasks. The experimental design was applied to investigate the impact of TBI on students' speaking skills and uses of the tasks. Two cl...
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| Language: | English |
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2019
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/6542/1/FH02-FBK-19-31704.pdf http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/6542/ |
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| Summary: | The purpose of the present study was to examine the impact of TaskBased Instruction (TBI) on Tabuk University EFL students' speaking
skills and usage of tasks. The experimental design was applied to
investigate the impact of TBI on students' speaking skills and uses of
the tasks. Two classes were purposely selected for the study based on
their mean score registered at first-semester English subject result and
assigned as control and experimental groups. Both groups were given
speaking pre-tests at the beginning of the study. The experimental
group was taught through TBI for four weeks while the control group
studied the same unit in a conventional way in which TBI was not
implemented. After four weeks of implementing the program for two
periods of 50 minutes a week, students were given the speaking test
as a post-test similar to the pre-test to assess the effect of the program
on participants' speaking skills before and after the implementation.
In addition, students responded to a questionnaire after the post test.
Paired T-test was employed to investigate if the results of the tests
were statistically significant or not. The results of the tests (t=7.605,
p<0.05) showed that the experimental group had better score gains
over the control group as a result of applying Task-Based Instruction
on their speaking skills. Furthermore, the data collected from the
questionnaire proved that students’ usage of tasks was also
encouraging to say that tasks were interesting for students. The results
of the current study showed that TBI had a positive impact on
students' speaking skills and uses of tasks. |
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