scholarly journals [The Effect of Using The Thinking out Loud Strategy to Improve Speaking Skills I Have Arabic Language Learners in Malaysia] Athar istikhdam al-tafkir bi sawt ‘al fi tahsin maharat al-tahaddath lada muta‘allimi al-Lughah al-‘Arabiyyah fi Malizyya

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-93
Author(s):  
Siti Salwa Mohd Noor

This study aimed to identify the effect of using thinking aloud strategy to improve speaking skill among learners of Arabic language in Malaysia. To achieve the objectives of the study, several Arabic language learners from University Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA) in Malaysia have been chosen to participate in this study. The study sample consists of (30) students, they are then divided into two groups; the first experimental group consists of (15) students studied the Arabic language using the thinking aloud strategy, and the control group consists of (15) students studied using traditional method of teaching. A test has been used in this study; the test speaking skills (pre and post). Results of the study indicate significant differences at (α=0.05) due to the instruction strategy used in favour of those taught through thinking aloud strategy in the speaking test.   Keywords: Thinking Aloud Strategy, Speaking Skills, Arabic Learners.   تركز هذه الدّراسة على معرفة أثر استخدام استراتيجية التفكير بصوت عال في تحسين مهارات التحدث لدى متعلمي اللغة العربية في ماليزيا. ولتحقيق أهداف الدّراسة اختارت الباحثة متعلمي اللغة العربية في جامعة السلطان زين العابدين في ماليزيا ليكونوا ميدانًا لتجربة الدّراسة. وقد تكونت عينة الدّراسة من (30) طالبًا وطالبة، موزعين على مجموعتين؛ تكونت المجموعة الأولى من (15) طالبًا وطالبة درسوا مادة اللغة العربية باستخدام استراتيجية التفكير بصوت عال، وتكونت المجموعة الضابطة من (15) طالبًا وطالبة درسوا المادة بالطريقة الاعتيادية. واستخدمت الدّراسة اختبار مهارات التحدث (القبلي والبعدي). وقد أسفرت النتائج عن وجود فروق ذات دلالة إحصائية عند مستوى (α=0.05) لصالح المجموعة التجريبية التي استخدمت استراتيجية التفكير بصوت عال في اختبار مهارات التحدث.   كلمات مفتاحية: استرتيجية التفكير بصوت عال، مهارات التحدث، متعلمو اللغة العربية

Author(s):  
Meryanti Napitupulu And Anni Holila Pulungan

This study was conducted as an attempt to discover the effect of applying Demonstration Method on students’ achievement in speaking skill. It was an experimental research. The subject was students of Grade XII, Vocational High School (Sekolah Menengah Kejuruan: SMK), which consisted of 79 students. The research was divided into two groups: experimental and control groups. The instrument used to collect the data was speaking test. To obtain the reliability of the test, the writer applied Kuder Richardson 21 formula. The result of the reliability was 0.7, and it was found that the test was reliable. The data were analyzed by using t-test formula. The analysis showed that the scores of the students in the experimental group were significantly higher than the scores of the students in the control group at the level of significant m = 0.05 with the degree of freedom (df) 77, t-observed value 8.9 > t-table value 1.99. The findings indicate that using Demonstration Method significantly affected the students’ achievement in speaking skill. So, English teachers are suggested to use Demonstration Method in order to improve students’ achievement in speaking skill.


Author(s):  
Amit Kauts ◽  
Monika

The present study intends to examine the effect of dramatization on speaking skills and academic achievement in English among primary students. The sample consisted of 240 fifth class students from four co-educational private schools of district Fazilka. The sample was divided into two groups randomly. One of the two groups was designated as Experimental Group and the other as Control Group. Experimental group was taught through Dramatization and the control group was taught through traditional method. The obtained data was analysed using two way Analysis of Variance. The results revealed that (i) Teaching through dramatization was found effective than traditional method with respect to achievement of students in English and gain scores in speaking skills (ii) Boys outperformed girls in case of achievement gain scores (iii) Girls outperformed boys in case of gain scores of speaking skills.


Author(s):  
Wafaa Hafez Alayaidi, Bayan Nair Alsubhi

The aim of the current research is to prepare a guide to develop speaking skills for Arabic language learners of non-native speakers with using a flipped classroom strategy, where it included an introduction and the goal of that guide, and profile of the strategy and implementation steps, and also included three of the speaking skills that necessary to teach Arabic language to non-native speakers it is a skill of fluency - and the skill of varying the tone of the voice – and the skill of body language, each skill has its own performance indicator, and the researcher has used the descriptive method, and to achieve this objective the researcher used questionnaire tool for the guide to make sure it is usable, and the sample amounted to (7) specialists in teaching Arabic language and teaching Arabic language to non-native speakers, then the opinions of the arbitrators were statistically treated using percentages and all of them agreed on the validity of that guide with proposed amendments .


2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 91
Author(s):  
Irawati . ◽  
Haryanto . ◽  
Syarifuddin Dollah

This study aimed at investigating the effect of strategies-based instruction on students’ speaking skill at Lakidende University and the students’ interest in learning English through strategies-based instruction. This research employed Quasi Experimental Method, with non-equivalent control group design. This research assigned experimental group and control group (30 students for each).Speaking test was used to see the effect of strategies-based instruction on students’ speaking skill and questionnaire was used to see students’ interest in learning English through strategies-based instruction. The data obtained through the speaking test were analyzed by using descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. Meanwhile, the data from questionnaire were analyzed in percentage and descriptive statistics. The students’ speaking skill covered three components: accuracy, fluency, and comprehensibility. The findings showed that there was an improvement on the students’ speaking ability after the treatment. There was a significant difference between the results of post-test of experimental and control group, where the mean score of post-test of experimental group was 70.37, which was higher than the mean score of post-test of control group was 59.63.The value of P-value or sig. (2-tailed) shows that P-value or sig. (2-tailed) is smaller than α (0.00 < 0.05).Furthermore, the data that were collected from questionnaire showed that the students were very high interest toward strategies-based instruction. It is showed by the mean score in scale of 89.6, which was categorized as very high interest. Keywords: effect, strategy-based instruction, speaking skill


Author(s):  
Ariana Oktavia

<p><em>The purpose of this study was to find out on the effectiveness of movie making activities to improve students’ learning motivation and speaking skills of the third semester of Port and Shipping management students of STIMART “AMNI” Semarang in the academic year of 2016/2017. This research was an experimental research design which involved two groups. They were control group and experimental group. The subject of this research was Class A and B of the third semester of Port and Shipping Management of STIMART “AMNI” Semarang in the academic year of 2016/2017. Each class was consists of 30 students. Class A was experiment group and class B was the control group. At the beginning of this research, both groups were given pretest. Then, the experimental group was given treatment of movie making activities which was done for five times. The control group was not getting any treatment. Next, both groups were given posttest.The result of this research was based on the result of both groups pretest and posttest. The control group pretest result was 60, 6 and the posttest result was 77,2 while the experimental group pretest result was 67,4 and the posttest result was 83,4 so, it could be concluded that movie making activities was 83,4% effective to improve and increase students’ learning motivation and speaking skills of Port and Shipping management students of STIMART “AMNI ” Semarang in the academic year of 2016/2017.</em></p><p><em></em><strong><em>Keywords :</em><em> Movie making activities, Speaking, Motivation.</em></strong></p><p> </p><p>Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui keefektifan kegiatan pembuatan film untuk meningkatkan motivasi belajar siswa dan ketrampilan berbicara taruna semester tiga jurusan Ketatalaksanaan pelayaran Niaga dan Kepelabuhanan STIMART “ AMNI ” Semarang tahun akademik 2016/2017.  Penelitian ini adalah penelitian experimental yang melibatkan 2 grup. 1 grup sebagai control grup dan 1 grup sebagai experimental grup. Subjek dari penelitian ini adalah taruna kelas A dan B mempunyai jumlah taruna sebanyak 30 taruna . Kelas A sebagai eksperiment grup dan kelas B sebagai kontrol grup. Pada awal pelaksanaan penelitian , kedua grup diberikan pretest . Kemudian , kelas yang merupakan eksperimental grup diberikan perlakuan menggunakan kegiatan pembuatan film. Perlakuan ini dilakukan lima kali . Bagi control grup tidak diberikan perlakuan sama sekali. Selanjutnya, kedua grup diberikan posttest. Hasil dari penelitian ini berdasarkan hasil dari pretest dan posttest dari kedua grup. Hasil pretest dari control grup 60,6 dan posttestnya 77,2 sedangkan hasil pretest eksperimental group 67,4 dan posttestnya 83,4 jadi dapat disimpulkan bahwa kegiatan pembuatan film 83,4% efektif untuk meningkatkan motivasi belajar siswa dan ketrampilan berbicara taruna semester tiga jurusan Ketatalaksanaan Pelayaran Niaga dan Kepelabuhanan STIMART “ AMNI ”Semarang tahun akademik 2016/2017.</p><p><strong>Kata kunci : <em>Kegiatan pembuatan Film, Berbicara, Motivasi</em></strong></p>


2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 92-100
Author(s):  
Suryadi Suryadi ◽  
Winda Widyaningrum ◽  
Fajar Erlangga

The research aims to examine the effects of google word coach game and vocabulary mastery on students' speaking skills. This quasi-experimental study uses a 2x2 nonequivalent control group design with a factorial design carried out in four parallel classes, namely class XI IPS 1, XI IPS 2, XI IPS 3 and XI IPS 4 MA Negeri 1 Serang. Learning outcome data are obtained through pretest and posttest activities. The samples are 80 students randomly taken by adjusting to the condition and aim of the research. The results show a significant difference between the posttest of the experimental group and that of the control group. FO value is 5.225 and Sig. is 0.025 < 0.05. Thus, it shows that the null hypothesis is rejected, and the research hypothesis is accepted. It also means that there is a difference between the interaction effect of Google Word Coach game and that of vocabulary mastery on students’ speaking skills.


2022 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 198-206
Author(s):  
Mona M. Hamad ◽  
Ehab S. Alnuzaili

Speaking skill acquisition is a necessity for communication. However, speaking English as a foreign language is not as easy as speaking English as a first language since practice opportunities are limited. This study tried to find out a technique of reinforcement that can help students; who study English as a foreign language; develop their speaking skills. This study investigated the effect of using simulation strategy in developing EFL speaking skills, with the assistance of using a telegram channel "Oxford Bookworms Collection" for PDF books with an audio version, to stimulate pronunciation, intonation and enrich vocabulary. The researchers used a quantitative approach with an experimental design to conduct this study by involving 50 students divided into two groups. 25 students as a control group and 25 students as an experimental group; both groups were from level 3 who were learning Listening and Speaking-3 course, major English, at College of Science and Arts (Muhayil), King Khalid University. Pretest and posttest were used to collect data, results of the tests were analyzed using SPSS, Pearson correlation coefficient. The results revealed that using the simulation strategy helped the students of the experimental group to develop speaking skills and affected speaking micro-skills in terms of body language, fluency, pronunciation, intonation, grammar, and vocabulary usage positively. Moreover, students became motivated to speak spontaneously.


2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arab World English Journal ◽  
Bilal Khalaf Alzboun ◽  
Oqlah Mahmoud Smadi ◽  
Abdallah Baniabdelrahman

This study examines the effect of role-play strategy on the Jordanian tenth grade English as a foreign language (EFL) students' speaking skill. It is an attempt to answer if there is a statistical significance difference between the experimental and control groups' scores on the speaking test due to the teaching method (role-play strategy vs. the Teacher's Book instructions). A total of 86 homogeneous participants were selected through a random sampling technique from two sections at Lameece Secondary School for Girls in Amman, Jordan during the second semester of the academic year 2016-2017. The experimental group was 42 students while the control group was 44 students. For data collection, a role-play instructional program based on the speaking activities in Action Pack 10, a speaking test and a rating scale were used. The collected data were analyzed using proper statistical measures such as ANCOVA and MANCOVA. The results revealed that the role-play strategy had a significant effect on the five components of the speaking skill with the students of the experimental group. Further empirical studies on the effect of role-play strategy on developing other language skills are needed.


Author(s):  
Mesfer Saud Mubarak Al- Hersh

The study aimed to reveal the effectiveness of using educational activities based on entertainment in development listening and speaking skills in the Arabic language course (Loghati) of the third- grade students. To achieve this، the researcher followed the semi-experimental approach based on creating two groups: experimental group and control group. He also prepared a number of activities that contain entertainment with selecting number of listening and speaking skills that are related to the course goals and content. In addition to that, he designed listening test، speaking situations and note card for speaking skills. The study sample consisted of (28) students divided into two groups: an experimental group of (14) students and a control group of (14) students. The researcher pre-tested the students in listening and speaking. The results showed no statistically significant differences between the two groups. After that، the experimental group studied using entertainment-based activities، while the control group studied in the usual way. At the end of the application the two groups were post-tested in listening and speaking، the study results were as follows: There were statistically significant differences between the average grades of the experimental and control groups in the listening post-test in favor of the experimental group. There were statistically significant differences between the average grades of the experimental and control groups in the speaking post-test in favor of the experimental group. Considering the findings of the study، several recommendations were presented: Add educational activities based on entertainment in the Arabic language course (Loghati); to assist in the development of listening and speaking skills. Ask Arabic teachers' assessments to focus on teachers' attention in developing listening and speaking skills and giving them as much importance as other language skills.


Author(s):  
Ghadir Abdullah Alrabihat

The aim of the study was to verify the effectiveness of the language games in developing the speaking skills of the fourth grade students in the Dheban area. To achieve the objectives of the study, we used the semi-experimental method. The sample of the study consisted of 60 students. To achieve the objectives of the study, Speaking, and the parameter guide based on strategy games, after the analysis of data statistically The results of the study showed the effectiveness of the strategy of language games in the development of speaking skills of students in the fourth grade, compared to the usual way, and there are differences of statistical significance at the level of Machine (0.05 = a) between the mean scores of the experimental group and the control group in favor of language games. In light of the results of the study, the study recommended a set of recommendations, most notably: training Arabic language teachers to use the strategy of language games in the teaching of speaking skills, based on the positive results in the development of speaking skills


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