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- Title
Enhancing Speaking Ability through Intervening Scaffolding Strategies.
- Authors
Arfaei Zarandi, Seyedeh Zahra; Rahbar, Behzad
- Abstract
The present study set out to investigate the effect of intervening scaffolding strategies on Iranian EFL learners' speaking ability. To do so, a sample of 60 Iranian EFL learners were selected based on their performance on Oxford Placement Test (OPT). The participants were then randomly assigned to two equal groups of experimental and control. The experimental group was taught speaking through intervening scaffolding by providing flexible opportunities for learners to use their knowledge, skills, and strategies in different contexts and for different purposes. Control group received routine techniques of speaking instruction. Based on the statistical results of the independent sample t-test, intervening scaffolding strategies had been proved to be successful in enhancing speaking ability of EFL learners.
- Subjects
ENGLISH as a foreign language; SCAFFOLDED instruction; IRANIANS; ORAL communication ability testing; CONTROL groups
- Publication
Theory & Practice in Language Studies (TPLS), 2016, Vol 6, Issue 11, p2191
- ISSN
1799-2591
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.17507/tpls.0611.17