A Suggested Program for Developing English Speaking Skills of Preparatory Pupils in the Light of Collaborative Learning in a Blended Learning Environment

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Authors

1 (A Teacher of English at Al-Waha Distinguished Official Language School)((TEFL), Curriculum and Instruction) (Faculty of Girls for Arts, Science and Education-Ain -Shams University) e-mail: husseinalkassas@gmail.com)

2 Professor of (TEFL), Curriculum and Instruction Faculty of Girls for Arts, Science and Education-Ain -Shams University

3 Associate Professor of (TEFL), Curriculum and Instruction Faculty of Girls for Arts, Science and Education-Ain -Shams University

Abstract

       The present study aimed at investigating the effect of a suggested program based on Collaborative Learning in a Blended Learning environment in developing preparatory stage students' overall speaking skills and sub-skills (pronunciation, Grammatical Competence (Vocabulary & Grammar) Discourse Competence, Fluency and Non-verbal skills). The study adopts the one -experimental group design. Consequently, a group of 41 first year preparatory students were randomly selected and received the program. The study applied a checklist of the speaking skills appropriate for first year preparatory students; a pre/post - speaking test that are suitable for the first-year preparatory students and speaking rubric, validated and approved by a panel of jury (EFL specialists), to achieve the study aim. The suggested program was taught over nearly three months, for eighteen sessions of two hours each, nine sessions were delivered on face to face mode and the other nine sessions were delivered on on-line mode. Results provided support for the hypotheses of the study and showed that the post-test mean scores of the experimental group revealed huge effect size of the suggested program on developing students' overall speaking skill and sub-skills. Besides, analyzing the attitudes scale revealed huge effect of the program on promoting speaking attitudes. Moreover, the qualitative analysis showed students' strong positive attitudes towards the program. It was concluded that the program based on the Collaborative Learning in a Blended Learning environment proved to be effective in improving First year preparatory stage students ' speaking skills and on promoting a strong positive attitude towards it.
 
 

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