Papers by shahbanoo Gilaki
Literature review Several studies on the topic of language games and speaking skills presentresul... more Literature review Several studies on the topic of language games and speaking skills presentresults concerning students' improvement of language skills. In Urrutia & Vega(2006) research study, the data collected suggest that speaking is the most difficultskill to develop, students usually present lack of vocabulary, shyness and fear ofbeing humiliated; besides, the authors explain that students show evidence aboutthe importance of implementing games in classroom for improving the speakingskills. In Rama, Ying, lee & Luei Luei's (2007) study, the participants expressedthat games allow more than a half of students to improve communication in asecond language; there were involved an experimental group and a control group,in the first one 21% of the students considered that they were not able to speakbetter, but in the second group only 11% although in experimental group learnersenjoyed more games activities. Finally, Hamzah & Ting (2009) present findings onteaching speaking skills through group work activities saying that the results of theproject were the preferred inasmuch as students showed participation in speakinggroup activities highlighting motivation, interest, and they demonstratecontributions in team work as well as improvement in individual speaking activities.Urrutia & Vega (2006) conducted an action research project on theunderstanding and actions taken to improve speaking skills through games in apublic school called " Federico García Lorca " in Colombia. The participants in thisstudy were twenty girls and twenty boys from 14 to 18 years old. The researchersimplemented activities focused on oral games for promoting the development ofstudents' speaking skills. Questionnaires, teacher's journals and video recordingswere used as data collection instruments. The researchers analyzed the data byusing charts which included the percentages of student's answers about the mostdifficult skill for them, how often they speak in English during the class and thefactors that interfere at the time to speak, such as, shyness, lack of vocabulary,fear of humiliation, among others.
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Papers by shahbanoo Gilaki