4 research outputs found
The Effect of Bubble Cards on Word Stress Errors and Retention of EFL Learners: A Comparison of Turkish and Farsi Native Speakers
The present study recommends an influential teaching English sentence stress technique based on Bubble Cards for instructing sentence stress sufficiently. Males and females have been chosen randomly and homogeneously as Turkish and Farsi groups. A production-test was made from 40 sentences to force the participants read aloud the sentences obviously and their sounds were recorded for evaluating. The test has been implemented as pre-, post-, and delay pot-test. For evaluating its reliability in advance, it was piloted on a small group of participants. The aim of the second delayed test was to subject whether Bubble Cards had more influence on the learners’ sentence stress retentions and mightsave their sentence stress memorizing for a longer period of time. The satisfactory outcomes of the study approvedthe encouragement of Bubble Cards for studding sentence stress and retention of Farsi group better than the Turkish grou
The Effect of Musical Dialogue on EFL Learners’ Syllabic Stuttering
This paper studied a technique of English speaking based on Musical Dialogue for decreasing syllabic stuttering of developmental stuttering EFL learners. Two groups of stuttering learners were selected randomly by Ibn Sina speech therapy clinic in relation to their speech problems. Six participants received Musical Dialogue in Experimental Group A, and eight participants received nothing as a treatment in Control Group. Sex was controlled randomly. The research tried to evaluate the time-sequential effects of Musical Dialogue on syllabic stuttering. Thus, SSI-4: Stuttering Severity Instrument was applied as pre-tests, post-tests, first delayed post-tests, and second delayed post-tests to estimate percentage of syllabic stuttering. Findings presented that Musical Dialogue did not have enough significant difference to influence the stutter among the EFL learners immediately after treatment. However, Musical Dialogue has had short-term and long-term effects on decreasing stuttering EFL learners’ syllabic stuttering
The Role of Sculptures of Activities on Deductive Grammar Learning and Retention among Iranian Adult EFL Learners
This paper proposes an effective deductive method inteaching grammar based on sculptures of activities for learning and practicing specific grammar structures such as simple present, present continuous and simple past deductively. The homogenous adult males and females were randomly selectedas experimental and control groups. An English grammar test was designed from American English File Student Book 1, learning English text book by Clive Oxenden with Christina Latham-Koeing and Paul Seligson. Pre-, post-, and delay post- test were used for data collection. However, before using the test for the purpose of data collection, it was piloted on a small group of subjects to estimate its reliability. The purpose of the second delayed test was to see which method of instruction has more impact on the students' grammar retentions and can sustain their grammar learning for longer period of time. The results of the study confirmed the significance of the deductive instructional method of English grammar teaching and foremost it supported the use of sculptures of activities in learning English grammar and retentions among Iranian adult EFL learners