We report on an experiment that investigated how people naturally communicate with computational devices using speech and gaze. Our approach follows from the idea that human-human conversation involves the establishment of common ground, the use of gaze direction to indicate attention and turn-taking, and awareness of other’s knowledge and abilities. Our goal is to determine whether it is easie...

This research aimed to describe a Community Language Learning (CLL) program, the English Club (E-Club), activities and their impacts enhance students’ speaking ability. study employed descriptive qualitative method. To gather data, researchers administered questionnaires twenty-seven eleventh-grade students who participated in E-Club at Public Vocational High School (SMKN) 1 Sooko, Malang, East...

Introducing effective approaches and providing equal opportunities for all language learners at any level of language knowledge to learn successfully seems to be an asset. In this study, the role of employing Partnership Approach (PA) to teach speaking to undergraduate EFL students through Streaming/Homogeneous-Grouping of the learners in Mixed-Ability classrooms was examined. A quasi-experimen...

This study aimed to investigate the impact of pre-speaking activities on Iranian intermediate English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners’ oral performance. The study followed a quasi-experimental design in which subjects of the study were non-randomly selected. Oxford Placement Test (OPT) was used to select 100 intermediate EFL learners as the main sample. Then they were divided randomly into...

Role-plays provide students with the opportunity to demonstrate how to use English in real life situations and make them focus more on communication than on grammar. Oral presentations like conversations are a great way for students to practice their English skills. Therefore, this paper makes an attempt to investigate whether teaching conversation through role play affects the students’ speaki...