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iranian EFl learners The effect of scripted an​d semi scripted role play on the reduction of speaking anxiety of

آموزش زبان انگليسي

95/5/11

محمد آقاجانزاده

هدي ديوسر

speaking anxiety , role playing , scripted an​d semi scripted role playing

آقاجانزاده،محمد , ديوسر،هدي

With the increasing amount of relationships in this communicative era, the importance of speaking as the main purpose of foreign language learning situations enhances. Therefore, language educators should reassess their teaching approaches toward this skill, an​d work on the ways that are more fruitful an​d also enjoyable. This study focusses on two new ways of empowering learners’ speaking ability which decrease their in-class anxiety level, scripted role playing an​d semi scripted role playing. Anxiety is a factor which many students face as a psychological barrier of expressing oneself. Sixty intermediate EFL learners at the age of 16-20 enrolled in this study, whom their anxiety level an​d speaking ability were investigated by the use of FLCAS an​d IELTS interview respectively, before an​d after the treatment. The findings indicated the positive effects of semi scripted role playing on the reduction of in-class speaking anxiety of learners an​d empowering learners’ speaking ability. Keywords : speaking anxiety, role playing, scripted an​d semi scripted role playing.

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