The effect of communicative teaching
method on student‘s English speaking
ability and attitude
Presenter: Cheng Shiao Wei 鄭曉薇Instructor: Dr. Pi-Ying Hsu
Date: Dec. 29, 2008
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Content
Ⅰ. Introduction
Ⅱ. Literature Review
Ⅲ. Methodology
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The purpose of my study
Introduction
CLT
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Three types of variables are identified
Introduction
social factors
personal attributes
affective variables
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The goal of my study
Introduction
Student’s learning motivation
Student’s anxiety for speaking English
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Literature Review
CLT Interaction Anxiety Motivation
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Communicative language teaching method
Definition communication skills
speaking and listening
Environment ?6
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Interaction (teacher vs. students)
A good student-teacher relationship
helps to increase students’ motivation.
Skinner & Belmont (1993)
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Motivation
Instrumental orientation
Integrative orientation
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Anxiety
Students’ anxiety level is related to speaking activities
because they may fear their peers or teachers’ judgmental
opinions and error correction, and they may also be afraid
of appearing stupid in front of the whole class.
Gregersen & Horwitz, 2002
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Methodology
Participant
60 college students
speaking class
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girl
boyboy
friends
Invitation
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Methodology
questionnaires
Post-Questionnaire
Pre- Questionnaire
Final presentation
oral presentation
First presentation
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Questionnaire
Pre- Questionnaire Post-Questionnaire
SPSS
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oral presentation
First presentation
Final presentation
Difference 3 teachers
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Thank you for your listening!
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