Critically Reading
Journal Article
Speaking
skills and teaching strategies: the case of an EFL classroom
Intakhab
Alam Khan King Abdulaziz
University
Community college, Jeddah-Saudi Arabia.
·
The
Title
1. What are the major ideas addressed
in the article? Speaking skills and Strategies
2. Who were the participants?
Intakhab Alam Khan King Abdulaziz University Community college, Jeddah-Saudi
Arabia.
3. What
was their affiliation? Were they a
special kind of group (e.g., adolescents, girls only)? This article for
students and teachers.
·
The
Abstract
English
language is lingua franca. And it is make student and all people must be learn
English language. Because to communicate with all people. in English language,
students so difficult about speaking skills. And their teacher very limited
exposure of reasons of difficulties and appropriate instructional strategies.
·
The
Introduction
the
aim is to students can use English language, because English language is lingua franca of the world.
And
it is very important. In KSA (Kingdom Saudi Arabia) very important to use
English language. And have 4 major skills in English language : writing,
speaking, listening, and reading. And government hope to student can speak
English language. And then, most of them face crucial problems in writing and
speaking because these are productive skills.
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The
Method
The
study is exploratory-descriptive type. Observation and personal experience
provide the base for the research, however, a teachers’ questionnaire has also
been used to support the data.
Limitation
The study is limited to the King Abdulaziz university Community College,
Jeddah-Saudi Arabia, however the findings can be applied to other similar
colleges.
Methods
of Data Collection : The data for this study have been elicited through 3
different sources:
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EFL Policy
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Classroom observation,
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Teachers questionnaires.
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The
Result
The
teachers should be able to use some technologies and motivate the target
learners. Technologies makes student more creative and positively about
learning English language. And technology makes student very interesting. But, teachers must have target language.
·
The
Conclusion
Many
problem in KSA about English language. Such as speaking, reading, writing and
listening. And big problem is students can’t speak English language. So,
teachers have strategies about motivation and technology to teach English
language and it is make student provide maximum result. Also, student can use
online or offline technology for education. but, teachers should to monitor the
achievement and development in the speaking English language.
