An Experiment of Developing Students’ Speaking Ability

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1、AnExperimentofDevelopingStudents’SpeakingAbility　　Abstract：ManyteachersliketouseQuestion-AnswertechniqueintheirEnglishlanguageteachingclass.Towhatextentissuchtechniqueuseful？Aprogrammewassetuptotestwhetheritisagoodmethodinthedevelopmentofstudents’oralEn

2、glishskill.Theresultshowedamarkedimprovementinsubjects’speakingability.　　Keywords：Question-Answertechnique；Experiment；Speakingability　　中图分类号：I106文献标识码：A文章编号：1672-1578（2013）06-0003-02　　1Introduction　　ThisarticledescribesanexperimentinvolvinganoralEnglish

3、programmeconductedoverasix-monthperiodwithagroupoflearnersofESLinHuizhouUniversity.Theprogrammewasdesignedtoexaminewhetherquestion-answertechniqueisagoodmethodinthedevelopmentofsubjects’listeningandspeakingskills，withparticularreferencetospeaking.　　Thee

4、xperimentbeganwiththehypothesisthattheexperimental6group，whichreceivedQuestionandAnswertreatment，woulddemonstrateasignificantimprovementinsubjects’listeningandspeakingabilitiesthanthecontrolgroupwhichreceivednormaltreatment.　　2ExperimentalDesign　　Before

5、theexperiment，theresearcherdesignedtensetsofquestionsasthetrainingseries，ofwhichtwowereusedforthepre-testandpost-test.Theothereightsetswerefortrainingtheexperimentalgroup.Eachsetofquestionconsistedofsixty-fivequestions，includingeasyanddifficultonesinthr

6、eelevels.InLevelI，therewerefortyeasyquestionswhichrequiredquickresponseswithoutasecondthought，suchas‘Areyouastudent？’‘Howmanystudentsarethereinyourclass？’Eachanswerrequiredonecorrectsentence，whichwasworthonepoint.InLevelII，thereweretwentyquestionswhichr

7、equiredremembranceandknowledge，suchas‘WhenistheLibertyDayoftheUnitedStates？’Eachanswerrequiredonecorrectsentence，worthonepoint.InLevelIII，therewerefivequestionswhichrequiredthought，suchas‘Howtoprotectourenvironment？’‘Whydopeoplecontrolbirthrate？’Eachans

8、werrequiredmorethantwosentencesandthecorrectanswerswereworthtwopoints.Thelengthofpausebetweenquestionswasadjusted，sothatsuchpractice6couldtrainastudent’ssensitivitytoresponse.Thequestionswereexpressedasfollows：　　Table1：Assessment