Strategies Based Instruction : A Means of Improving Adult EFL Learners’ Speaking Skill

Strategies Based Instruction : A Means of Improving Adult EFL Learners’ Speaking Skill

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          Speaking is an interactive process of constructing meaning which is comprised of producing and receiving information. The CALLA (The Cognitive Academic Language Learning Approach) instructional design is chosen to enhance their learning which is comprised of five phases; preparation, presentation, practice, evaluation and expansion

          Let’s we discuss each of the strategy. First, the preparation stage occupies a fundamental place in providing a learner-centered classroom, which is the heart of strategy training. Second, the presentation phase, speaking strategies are explicitly modeled, explained and named. According to the content of  the speaking activities in the participants’ regular course  book,  the  speaking strategies  are  chosen  and  they  are  modeled to  the participants explicitly. Third, the practice phase, the experimental group students practice the strategies that are explicitly named and modeled by  the  researchers. Fourth, the  evaluation phase,  participants  in  the  experimental group evaluate  the  new speaking strategies  they dealt  with and  learne  during  the  course. Last, the expansion phase, students should be able to decide what strategy they need to use when they come across with a problem.

        There are some plans that will be implemented in the future; make lesson plan that appropriate with their level, know their background knowledge before doing teaching learning in the classroom, give material appropriate to their need, always motivate them to study, and monitor their progress.