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    INTRODUCING DRAMA-BASED APPROACH TO SPEAKING IN ELT
    (Suleyman Demirel University, 2016) Duzenova D.G.
    The purpose of this study is to investigate the role of drama-based teaching in language education and by correlating it with students’attitude to drama, emphasize the strength of drama-based approach especially in fostering speaking skills. The significance of this research paper lies in the issue that, despite the fact that drama has a big impact on not only fostering linguistic skills, but also promoting psychological benefits, it is underestimated by most of the teachers, thus students lose an opportunity to productively acquire the language. Therefore, with the aim of improving learners oral communication skill in target language, drama-based approach is being introduced.
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    SPEAKING ACQUISITION STRATEGIES EMPLOYED BY SENIOR EFL STUDENTS OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS
    (2021 International Young Scholars' Conference, 2021) Azbayeva A.
    Abstract.This study was conducted by the researcher to identify speaking acquisition strategies employed by senior EFL students of secondary schools in overcoming speaking difficulties and their effect on students’ speaking performance. It is supposed, that appropriate speaking acquisition strategies employed by EFL students appear to be one of the essential aspects in developing speaking proficiency. The study used qualitative approach in exploring the speaking strategies used by EFL students; furthermore, the research findings revealed the major speaking strategies utilized by EFL students and the effect of these strategies on students’ speaking performance. To qualitatively reveal the most successful speaking acquisition strategies to overcome speaking difficulties and to explore the effect of these strategies on EFL students’ speaking performance, a representative sample of 30 EFL senior students of secondary school were interviewed. Based on the conducted interview results, it was discovered that EFL students mostly apply cognitive and communication strategies and the findings demonstrated that these strategies effectively influence on students speaking skills. According to the results of interview, it can be summarized that EFL students have their strategies in overcoming the difficulties in speaking skills. Most of the students attend English language courses to improve speaking abilities, try to memorize new English words. The vocabulary accuracy is essential to understand speaking context, sufficiency of vocabulary repertoire encourages EFL students to speak in the target language and to understand other people. Moreover, the students also believe that sufficient speaking practice strengthens their speaking proficiency, the other respondents highlighted that watching, reading and listening authentic materials helped them to overcome speaking difficulties and progressed their speaking skills
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    DRAMATIZATION" IS ONE OF THE WAYS TO INCREASE SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’ FLUENCY
    (2022 International Young Scholars' Conference, 2022) A. B. Sadykova
    Abstract The purpose of this study is to analyze how the dramatization method might help students improve their fluency. A group of secondary school students has been chosen to conduct the study in order to attain this goal. The group was evaluated to determine their fluency level before beginning the investigation. The research group then followed a learner-centered lesson plan that included a dramatization method. The research group was evaluated again at the end of the experiment to determine their fluency progress. The outcomes of the data analysis show that the fluency investigation has been improved. Despite the short research period, the respondents had better results.