Using drama techniques for developing EFL speaking skills and reducing speaking anxiety among secondary stage students

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The aim of the present study was to investigate the effectiveness of using a drama techniques-based program in developing EFL speaking skills and reducing speaking anxiety among secondary stage students.

The study used the one group pre-posttest quasi-experimental design.

The participants of the study were forty first year secondary stage students who assigned into one experimental group.

The participants were trained to use specific drama techniques when responding to speaking tasks and activities.

The instruments of the study included an EFL speaking skills test and a speaking anxiety scale.

The test and the scale were administered to the participants before and after the treatment.

Data were treated statistically using SPSS (version 19).

Results of the study revealed that the drama techniques-based program was found to be effective in developing EFL speaking skills and reducing speaking anxiety among first year secondary stage students.