Natural Approach: The Influence on Learning English Language Skills among B. A. Students of Borujerd Azad University
Journal Title: Journal of Science and today’s world - Year 2013, Vol 2, Issue 11
Abstract
For almost more than many decades, Teaching a second or a foreign language has been the main focus of language teaching and was a challenge in face of those who wanted to improve and progress. The world has become very small and the idea of globalization is more in touch rather than the past. If we seek the globalized world, we should (must) be able to get in touch with other people across the continents. We need a lingua franca or international language which now days is English. In the past, if there were some efforts in teaching languages, they were based upon traditional approaches which did not produce satisfactory results. The aim of this research was to teach the four skills of English language through modified Natural Approach. The hypothesis of the study was that the B. A. students of Borujerd Islamic Azad University had many weaknesses in using English language skills and there was a possibility that by implementing Natural Approach these skills might get improved. In this Quasi-experimental research, we selected the statistical sample from B. A. students of Borujerd Islamic Azad University. Based on their IELTS scores as the pre-test, we then divided the sample into the experimental and control groups. After implementing the independent variables, we administered the post-test. The results showed that the total-average of experimental group was 4.39, which was about 2.04 larger than that of the control group, which was 2.35. Based upon the results gained, we concluded that Natural Approach was definitely more effective than the common Traditional Approach (Grammar Translation Method).
Authors and Affiliations
Mohammad Parham , Abdolreza Goudarzi Mohammad Jafar Mahdian , Mehrdad Moazami Goudarzi
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