The Impact of Readers Theatre on the Development of Preintermediate Iranian EFL Learners’ Oral Proficiency
The significant effect of employing Readers Theater (RT) in reading comprehension, fluency, and motivation of English language students has already been established. However, this study was an attempt to investigate the effect of RT on the oral proficiency of Iranian learners of English as a foreign...
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| description | The significant effect of employing Readers Theater (RT) in reading comprehension, fluency, and motivation of English language students has already been established. However, this study was an attempt to investigate the effect of RT on the oral proficiency of Iranian learners of English as a foreign language. From among the learners studying English at a language school in Isfahan, Iran, a sample of 90 female intermediate EFL learners were asked to participate in this study. Having been taken Quick Placement Test to make sure they were all homogeneous regarding their level of proficiency in English, 75 learners were chosen. Afterwards, an interview served as one of the pretests of the study was run as the homogenizing test of oral ability and 60 homogenous preintermediate learners were ultimately selected as the participants of the study. They were then assigned to the two groups of control and experimental. During the treatment, the learners in the experimental group were exposed to RT, but the control group attended their regular classes. To gauge the oral proficiency development of the subjects, an interview was administered. The results of data analysis indicated improvements of fluency and complexity because of the learners’ exposure to the treatment. The results may provide further impetus for teachers to make attempts at extending the students’ active knowledge for real time communication as well as providing language which is both more complex and fluent. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-47c7f55b9f4449daa975062cc43a0f802022-12-22T00:00:36ZengIslamic Azad University, Isfahan BranchResearch in English Language Pedagogy2588-32592538-42442016-01-01324456533630The Impact of Readers Theatre on the Development of Preintermediate Iranian EFL Learners’ Oral ProficiencyMina Boroojerdi Moghadam0Hamid Reza Haghverdi1Islamic Azad University Khorasgan (Isfahan)Branch, Isfahan, IranIsfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, IranThe significant effect of employing Readers Theater (RT) in reading comprehension, fluency, and motivation of English language students has already been established. However, this study was an attempt to investigate the effect of RT on the oral proficiency of Iranian learners of English as a foreign language. From among the learners studying English at a language school in Isfahan, Iran, a sample of 90 female intermediate EFL learners were asked to participate in this study. Having been taken Quick Placement Test to make sure they were all homogeneous regarding their level of proficiency in English, 75 learners were chosen. Afterwards, an interview served as one of the pretests of the study was run as the homogenizing test of oral ability and 60 homogenous preintermediate learners were ultimately selected as the participants of the study. They were then assigned to the two groups of control and experimental. During the treatment, the learners in the experimental group were exposed to RT, but the control group attended their regular classes. To gauge the oral proficiency development of the subjects, an interview was administered. The results of data analysis indicated improvements of fluency and complexity because of the learners’ exposure to the treatment. The results may provide further impetus for teachers to make attempts at extending the students’ active knowledge for real time communication as well as providing language which is both more complex and fluent.http://relp.khuisf.ac.ir/article_533630_8e288a1301742bbb69a952b7e8ffb65e.pdfReaders TheaterOral ProficiencyComplexityaccuracyfluency |
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| title | The Impact of Readers Theatre on the Development of Preintermediate Iranian EFL Learners’ Oral Proficiency |
| title_full | The Impact of Readers Theatre on the Development of Preintermediate Iranian EFL Learners’ Oral Proficiency |
| title_fullStr | The Impact of Readers Theatre on the Development of Preintermediate Iranian EFL Learners’ Oral Proficiency |
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| title_short | The Impact of Readers Theatre on the Development of Preintermediate Iranian EFL Learners’ Oral Proficiency |
| title_sort | impact of readers theatre on the development of preintermediate iranian efl learners oral proficiency |
| topic | Readers Theater Oral Proficiency Complexity accuracy fluency |
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