The Effect of Oral Dialogue Journals on Iranian EFL Learners'Communicative Competence

Authors

  • Akram Ramazanzadeh M.A holder of Al-zahra university
  • Elahe sutude nama Lecturer of Al-zahra university
Abstract:

This study investigated the effect of oral dialogue journals on communicative competence of Iranian EFL learners. Participants of this study were 80 students of two Payam-e-Noor Universities who were proved to be homogenous in the communicative competence based on TSE (Test of Spoken English) interview. The participants of one of these universities were considered as the experimental group. The experimental group practiced oral dialogue journals in addition to participating in Oral Reproduction of Stories 2 class. The comparison group just participated in Oral Reproduction of Stories 2 class. Both classes were conducted by the same teacher. At the end of the treatment two groups were interviewed based on TSE once more. The results revealed that the experimental group outperformed the comparison group significantly. Moreover it was revealed that this technique (oral dialogue journal) was significantly more beneficial for the low proficient speakers of English than the high ones though useful for the high ones, too.  

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volume 2  issue 222

pages  161- 182

publication date 2011-02-20

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