Effect of Dialogue Journal Writing on EFLStudents' Speaking Skill

Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), USA, 1998

11 Pages Posted: 11 Dec 2013

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A El-Koumy

Suez University; Suez University; Suez Canal University

Date Written: 1998

Abstract

A study investigated the effect of dialogue journal writing on English-as-a-Foreign-Language (EFL) students' speaking skills. Subjects were 136 students enrolled in a history program at an Egyptian university, divided randomly into experimental and control groups. The experimental group received training in dialogue journal writing in addition to classroom English language instruction; the control group received only the language instruction. All students were pre- and posttested on English speech skills. Results indicate that the groups scored about equally on the pretest, but the experimental group scored significantly higher on the posttest, suggesting the journal-writing training helped improve speech skills. Topics for further research are recommended.

Keywords: Classroom Techniques; College Instruction; Comparative Analysis; Dialog Journals; English (Second Language); Foreign Countries; Journal Writing; Oral Language; Second Language Instruction; Skill Development; Speech Skills; Student Journals; Written Language

Suggested Citation

El-Koumy, Abdel Salam, Effect of Dialogue Journal Writing on EFLStudents' Speaking Skill (1998). Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), USA, 1998, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2364869 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2364869

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Egypt
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Egypt

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