Soltan, M., Qoura, A. (2015). The impact of MI-Based Activities in Enhancing Secondary School EFL Students’ Speaking Skill.. Journal of Research in Curriculum Instruction and Educational Technology, 1(3), 11-37. doi: 10.21608/jrciet.2015.24545
Magda Atta Ahmed Soltan; Ali Abdel Samea Qoura. "The impact of MI-Based Activities in Enhancing Secondary School EFL Students’ Speaking Skill.". Journal of Research in Curriculum Instruction and Educational Technology, 1, 3, 2015, 11-37. doi: 10.21608/jrciet.2015.24545
Soltan, M., Qoura, A. (2015). 'The impact of MI-Based Activities in Enhancing Secondary School EFL Students’ Speaking Skill.', Journal of Research in Curriculum Instruction and Educational Technology, 1(3), pp. 11-37. doi: 10.21608/jrciet.2015.24545
Soltan, M., Qoura, A. The impact of MI-Based Activities in Enhancing Secondary School EFL Students’ Speaking Skill.. Journal of Research in Curriculum Instruction and Educational Technology, 2015; 1(3): 11-37. doi: 10.21608/jrciet.2015.24545
The impact of MI-Based Activities in Enhancing Secondary School EFL Students’ Speaking Skill.
2Faculty of Education , Mansoura University , Egypt
Abstract
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he present study aimed at investigating the effectiveness of MI- based activities in developing the speaking skill of a sample of first year secondary students . The quasi- experimental design was used for conducting this research .A group of sixty 1st year secondary students were randomly selected from one of Cairo governmental secondary schools, namely El – Salam Secondary School for Girls, in the school year 2014-2015 (30 students in the experimental group and 30 students in the control group) . The instruments of the study were : 1) A speaking skills list ; 2)A speaking pre-posttest and 3) AMI – Inventory and 4) A speaking performance scoring rubric. Reliability and validity of the instruments were verified. The experiment lasted for three months in the second semester of the academic year 2014/2015 .Results of the study indicated that the MI- based activities proved to be effective in developing the target speaking skills , namely;interacting and managing conversation effectively, following grammatical rules accurately ,using relevant, adequate and appropriate range of words and word collocations, speaking fluently and demonstrating intelligible pronunciation . Based on the findings, a set of recommendations and suggestions for further research were highlighted.