Critically Reading Journal Article : (Speaking skills and Teaching strategies) assignment 6

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.

·        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:

-          EFL Policy

-          Classroom observation,

-          Teachers questionnaires.

·        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.