Employment of speech acts theory for developing oral communication skills in Iraqi private colleges
Joint Authors
Kazim, Anwar Jawad
al-Khanji, Abd al-Rahman Abd Allah
Mahmud, Ayyad Hamid
Source
Journal of Science and Technology : in Humanities
Issue
Vol. 17, Issue 4 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.88-105, 18 p.
Publisher
Sudan University of Science and Technology Deanship of Scientific Research
Publication Date
2016-12-31
Country of Publication
Sudan
No. of Pages
18
Main Subjects
Social Sciences (Multidisciplinary)
Educational Sciences
Arabic language and Literature
Topics
Abstract EN
This paper aims at: employing speech acts theory in conversational classes to develop students’ oral communication skills in Iraqi private colleges.
It discusses the problems in mastering speech acts and also the use of conversation techniques( brainstorming and imagination) and speech acts technique (role-play) as techniques that can be employed by EFL teachers to enhance EFL students mastery of oral skills .
Besides, this paper also provides some benefits of employing role-play in English language teaching.
There are also some points to consider when EFL students are learning conversation.
Students should not only master grammatical competence but also communicative competence.
Two sections have been selected randomly from the first stages .In the way , Al-Yarmouk college was selected randomly as an experimental group taught the conversation with employing speech act theory by using brainstorming, imagination and role play.
The other (Al-Rafdain college) was the control group taught conversation by using classical method.
The number of students in experimental group was (37), and the number of students in control group was (35).
After excluding the repeaters from experiment group, the total number of the sample subjects were(70).
(28) male and (42) female.
The study concludes the following :- 1-Employing speech acts theory in conversational classes developing students’ oral skills.
2-There are many techniques, strategies, and activities can be used to develop students’ oral communication skills .
American Psychological Association (APA)
Kazim, Anwar Jawad& al-Khanji, Abd al-Rahman Abd Allah& Mahmud, Ayyad Hamid. 2016. Employment of speech acts theory for developing oral communication skills in Iraqi private colleges. Journal of Science and Technology : in Humanities،Vol. 17, no. 4, pp.88-105.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Kazim, Anwar Jawad…[et al.]. Employment of speech acts theory for developing oral communication skills in Iraqi private colleges. Journal of Science and Technology : in Humanities Vol. 17, no. 4 (Dec. 2016), pp.88-105.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Kazim, Anwar Jawad& al-Khanji, Abd al-Rahman Abd Allah& Mahmud, Ayyad Hamid. Employment of speech acts theory for developing oral communication skills in Iraqi private colleges. Journal of Science and Technology : in Humanities. 2016. Vol. 17, no. 4, pp.88-105.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 105
Record ID
BIM-754215