The Effectiveness of Self-Directed-Learning Method in Teaching Speaking Skill to Iranian EFL Learners
Journal Title: International Research Journal of Applied and Basic Sciences - Year 2013, Vol 7, Issue 9
Abstract
It is generally agreed today that, the mastery of speaking skills in English is a priority for many schools and second language learners so how best to approach and develop this skill has long been the focus of methodological debates. Since Iranian EFL learners highlight speaking as the most demanding skill to develop, this study is conducted to determine the effectiveness of SDL in teaching speaking to Iranian EFL learners .In so doing the researcher has chosen his participants using selective clustering approach, the participants of the study are 30 high school students, enrolling in a language institute for conversation classes at pre-intermediate level. The learners are put into either control or experimental group,15 students each. Then the control group is taught following the book Interchange instructions and the experimental group has received SDL instructions. when the fifteen-session-planned course is over all the participants are given a post-test by three different raters, the speaking module of the IELTS exam, this is exactly the test they are given as the pre-test. Finally the results of pre and post tests, when analyzed and compared, show that the experimental group outperformed the control group in speaking skill development and this proves the effectiveness of SDL model in teaching speaking skill to Iranian EFL learners.
Authors and Affiliations
Mohammad Kiani Harchegani| Department of English, Khorasgan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran, email: Mdkyani@yahoo.com, Reza Biria| Department of English, Khorasgan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran, Mohammad Ali Nadi| Department of English, Khorasgan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran
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