IMPROVING ENGLISH SPEAKING ABILITIES OF ESL LEARNERS THROUGH COMMUNICATIVE TASK-BASED INSTRUCTION

• Authors: Bone, Janice C , San Jose, Ariel Epan , Robles Concepcion, Maria Gregoria

Abstracts

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Speaking is one of the most exploited skills. However, despite the many endeavors conducted by English teachers, speaking proficiency remains poor among tertiary students. This qualitative-phenomenological study aimed to determine the experiences of the students on the use of communicative task-based instruction in improving their speaking abilities. Using the focus group discussion, the researcher found that gener-ally, the participants believed that the communicative task-based instruction provided them opportunities to enhance their communicative abilities; let them overcome the fear of speaking; gave them a lot of fun; and allowed them to apply the tasks even outside their classrooms. The participants suggested that exposure to real conversa-tion tasks might be done; design individual tasks would be interesting, and that technology might be used in doing the tasks. Thorough discussions and conclusion were provided.

Keywords

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English speaking skills; second language learners; communicative task-based instruc-tion; qualitative-phenomenology

• Publisher: Międzynarodowy Instytut Innowacji Nauka – Edukacja – Rozwój w Warszawie
• Journal: International Journal of New Economics and Social Sciences
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 9(1)
• Pages: 311-323

Dates

published

2019-07-27

Contributors

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Bone, Janice C

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San Jose, Ariel Epan

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Robles Concepcion, Maria Gregoria

Identifiers

DOI

10.5604/01.3001.0013.3052