The Role of Social and Educational Factors in Oral Participation of ELT Students

Autor: Masoud Zoghi, Amir Reza Nemat Tabrizi, Sara Ghobadi
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Journal of Applied Linguistics, Vol 6, Iss 13, Pp 181-192 (2013)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2008-8434
2538-1695
Popis: Oral participation (OP) in class is an important factor contributing to the development of oral fluency. Recent studies in language learning have addressed the necessity of classroom interaction, or rather students’ oral participation in class. A correlational research study was drawn upon to measure the oral participation and factors affecting oral activities of the ELT students studying at the M.A. level at Islamic Azad University of Ardabil in Iran. An initial pool of 93 participants was selected through purposive sampling. The data analysis was conducted using structural equation modeling (SEM). The results obtained indicated that there is a significant relationship between social and educational factors relative to the oral activities of EFL learners. The findings also showed that in oral participation, educational factors play the most important role in controlling the OP content.
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