The Effect of Extra-Curricular Activities on Socio-Cultural Competence of EFL Students
This study considers the enhancement of socio-cultural competence of EFL students by means of extra-curricular activities. In this study, both control and experimental groups included 80 language learners (each group 40). The control group was given the questionnaires, pre- and post-tests along with...
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| author | Abdolreza Bagherzade Nimchahi Parvonokhan Jamshedov Ali Salimi Khorshidi |
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| description | This study considers the enhancement of socio-cultural competence of EFL students by means of extra-curricular activities. In this study, both control and experimental groups included 80 language learners (each group 40). The control group was given the questionnaires, pre- and post-tests along with the experimental group. Then, extracurricular activities were given to the experimental group which itself was divided into four mini groups. 10 participants were asked to prepare a self-video clip each week (4 clips as whole). Another group of 10 testees were asked to use social networks such as Facebook, What’s app, Telegram and the likes chatting with native speakers at least two hours a day involving themselves in English practice after taking pre-test and they were also given the subsequent post-test after a month. The third mini group, including 10 participants, had to write a letter each week to a native speaker e-pal (4 letters as whole). Finally, the fourth mini group including 10 participants participating at least once a week in ACD (American Corner Dushanbe) sessions which are related to social cultural events such as festivals, charity activities, etc. After that, research questionnaires were distributed among samples using SPSS software for data analysis. The author come to the conclusion that culture-related extra-curricular activities result in the enhancement of the level of language proficiency as well as contribute a lot to bringing up citizens, intellectually, culturally and multi-culturally developed professionals with deep awareness of intercultural values. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9d2addf7a3db435bb3023a17ceb0314e2022-12-21T23:53:20ZengUniversity of KurdistanCritical Literary Studies2676-699X2716-99282019-09-01129912110.34785/J014.2019.158The Effect of Extra-Curricular Activities on Socio-Cultural Competence of EFL StudentsAbdolreza Bagherzade Nimchahi0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0038-0897Parvonokhan Jamshedov1Ali Salimi Khorshidi2Department of English Language, Neka Branch, Islamic Azad University, Neka, IranProfessor of English Studies, Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan, Dushanbe, TajikistanDepartment of English language, Neka Branch, Islamic Azad University, Neka, IranThis study considers the enhancement of socio-cultural competence of EFL students by means of extra-curricular activities. In this study, both control and experimental groups included 80 language learners (each group 40). The control group was given the questionnaires, pre- and post-tests along with the experimental group. Then, extracurricular activities were given to the experimental group which itself was divided into four mini groups. 10 participants were asked to prepare a self-video clip each week (4 clips as whole). Another group of 10 testees were asked to use social networks such as Facebook, What’s app, Telegram and the likes chatting with native speakers at least two hours a day involving themselves in English practice after taking pre-test and they were also given the subsequent post-test after a month. The third mini group, including 10 participants, had to write a letter each week to a native speaker e-pal (4 letters as whole). Finally, the fourth mini group including 10 participants participating at least once a week in ACD (American Corner Dushanbe) sessions which are related to social cultural events such as festivals, charity activities, etc. After that, research questionnaires were distributed among samples using SPSS software for data analysis. The author come to the conclusion that culture-related extra-curricular activities result in the enhancement of the level of language proficiency as well as contribute a lot to bringing up citizens, intellectually, culturally and multi-culturally developed professionals with deep awareness of intercultural values.https://cls.uok.ac.ir/article_61119.htmlculturecurriculumextracurricular activitiessocio-cultural adaptationsocio-cultural competence |
| spellingShingle | Abdolreza Bagherzade Nimchahi Parvonokhan Jamshedov Ali Salimi Khorshidi The Effect of Extra-Curricular Activities on Socio-Cultural Competence of EFL Students Critical Literary Studies culture curriculum extracurricular activities socio-cultural adaptation socio-cultural competence |
| title | The Effect of Extra-Curricular Activities on Socio-Cultural Competence of EFL Students |
| title_full | The Effect of Extra-Curricular Activities on Socio-Cultural Competence of EFL Students |
| title_fullStr | The Effect of Extra-Curricular Activities on Socio-Cultural Competence of EFL Students |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Effect of Extra-Curricular Activities on Socio-Cultural Competence of EFL Students |
| title_short | The Effect of Extra-Curricular Activities on Socio-Cultural Competence of EFL Students |
| title_sort | effect of extra curricular activities on socio cultural competence of efl students |
| topic | culture curriculum extracurricular activities socio-cultural adaptation socio-cultural competence |
| url | https://cls.uok.ac.ir/article_61119.html |
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