Using pragmatic-based activities to develop preparatory stage students' EFL speaking skills

Abstract EN

The study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of using pragmatic-based activities to develop preparatory stage students' EFL speaking skills.

The instruments of the study were a speaking checklist, speaking test and scoring rubric.

The study adopted the quasi-experimental design using two groups; the first was experimental, and the second was the control group comprising the sample of the study (n=30).

The results showed that the experimental group students exceeded their counterparts of the control group students on the posttest.

In addition, the experimental group showed a significant improvement in the posttest when comparing students' pre-scores to their post-scores.

Also, using pragmatic activities in EFL classrooms developed students' speaking skills.