This study investigated how the Talking Chips Technique can help students to improve their speaking. The sample of this study was only one class and total number of students was 36 students. This study used a quasi experimental design and three data collection, i.e. note taking, participant observation, and speaking test. The data from observation were analyzed by using thematic analysis and ba...

As using cue cards is not common in Iranian EFL classes, this research aimed at examining the impacts of applying on developing speaking accuracy and fluency students. Additionally, study looked how employing helped learners reduce their anxiety. Sixty 97 students who took Oxford Quick Placement Test were selected as target sample for current research. The participants then indiscriminately des...

PURPOSE The author compared monosyllabic Mandarin lexical tones produced by 3-year-old Mandarin-speaking children growing up in Taiwan and in the United States. METHOD Following the procedures in Wong, Schwartz, and Jenkins (2005), the author collected monosyllabic tone productions from 3-year-old Mandarin-speaking children in Taiwan and low-pass filtered them to eliminate lexical information...

Although second language (L2) writing is a popular topic among SLA researchers, the fact that L2 has potential to act as scaffold for speaking accuracy often overlooked. This study's objective was provide empirical evidence can be used improve of oral discourse. Twenty-three Novice and 21 Intermediate university learners Russian participated in study. They completed text reconstruction task by ...

Speaking mastery has been known as the benchmark of language learning, yet many students still find it difficult to speak with great accuracy and fluency. To widen knowledge fill gaps in existing research, this present qualitative-descriptive research is investigate how vocational see accuracy, fluency, other psychological-related aspects speaking well collecting some suggestions create a bette...