Using reciprocal teaching strategy to develop English language speaking skills among second year preparatory stage students in Abu-Elreesh Qibly preparatory school

Abstract EN

The study investigated the effect of using Reciprocal Teaching Strategy on developing speaking skills among second year preparatory stage students.

First, two classes consisted of sixty-three students, in Abu-Elreesh Qibly Preparatory school in Aswan Governorate, were randomly assigned into an experimental group and a control group.

The experimental group received an instruction using Reciprocal Teaching strategy and consisted of 31 students, and the control group received a regular instruction and consisted of 32 students.

A speaking test was conducted and administrated using a speaking assessment rubric.

The research was conducted in November and December, 2020.

Comparing the mean scores of the two groups in the posttest showed that: There is a statistically significant difference between the mean scores of the experimental group and the control group at (0.01) level in overall speaking sub-skills and in each main speaking sub-skill separately.

Which reveals that the experimental group outperformed the control group in overall speaking performance in general and in each main speaking subskill of the study.