Research Article

The Effectiveness of Communicative Speaking Activities on EFL UNRWA 9 graders’ Motivation from Teachers’ Perspectives

Authors

  • Ahmed Naim Hamed Abu Sharkh MA in Linguistics from the IslamicUniversity, Gaza; Lecturer of EFL at Dawa College, IDC, Gaza-Palestine

Abstract

The current study attempts to investigate the influence of communicative speaking activities on motivation of the UNRWA 9th graders to learn English as a foreign language (EFL) from teachers ‘points of view. Conducting qualitative analysis, the researcher uses semi-structured interviews in order to get data of the study. The 'Behaviorism Theory' by the behaviorist P.F. Skinner is the theoretical framework of the study. Twenty EFL instructors, 10 males and 10 females, participated in the present study from five UNRWA schools in Gaza. The study finds that communicative speaking activities increase learners` motivation to learn EFL especially when the learners engaged effectively in such activities that also, according to the most majority of the interviewees, increase their level of achievement, a solid correlation between communicative speaking activities and the increase of EFL learners` motivation to learn EFL. The researcher recommends adopting various communicative activities, by EFL instructors, to motivate learners to learn EFL through the main four skills, setting up training programs, by MOE, for EFL instructors to train them how to foster learners` motivation through communicative activities and conducting further researches to investigate the impact of communicative listening, reading and/or writing activities on learners` motivation to learn EFL.

Article information

Journal

International Journal of English Language Studies

Volume (Issue)

3 (1)

Pages

01-08

Published

2021-03-04

How to Cite

Abu Sharkh , A. N. H. . (2021). The Effectiveness of Communicative Speaking Activities on EFL UNRWA 9 graders’ Motivation from Teachers’ Perspectives. International Journal of English Language Studies, 3(1), 01–08. https://doi.org/10.32996/ijels.2021.3.1.1

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Keywords:

Communicative activities, speaking skill, motivation