The effectiveness of multidimensional engagement instructional approach based on communication technology devices in developing student teachers' EFL oral communication skills and self-efficacy

Abstract EN

The study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of using multidimensional engagement instructional approach based on communication technology devices in developing student teachers' EFL oral communication skills and self-efficacy.

The study design was a mixed research methodology.

It combined both quantitative and qualitative methods of collecting data.

The participants of the study were fifty (N= 50) students enrolled in fourth year English section at Faculty of Education, Benha University, Egypt.

They were tested before and after the treatment.

They were taught through using a multidimensional engagement instructional approach based on communication technology devices.

The instruments of the study included an EFL oral communication skills test, an EFL oral communication skills rubric, a self- efficacy scale, and a semi-structured interview.

The results revealed a statistically significant difference between the mean scores of the study participants in the pre and post administrations of EFL oral communication skills test and self- efficacy scale in favor of the post administration.

These results were ascribed to the multidimensional engagement instructional approach based on communication technology devices