The Impact of Contemplative Teaching on Fostering Iraqi (High) School Students Willingness to Communicate (WTC) and Speaking Fluency

Abstract

This study investigates how contemplative education and teaching backs up Iraqi EFL learners to become more willing to speak in class. After data analysis and interpretation of the performance of 72 young Iraqi students in two language schools in Iraq, the researchers found how recruited participants responded to contemplative teaching strategies in their speaking class and developed a higher willingness to interact with their teacher and their cohort Based on the results, those students who received instruction through contemplative teaching did better than students who received the traditional speech program. Moreover, those students who had more communication skills proved to be more fluent than those who had less. Based on the results and the discussion of pre-test and post-test results, the willingness of students to communicate in questionnaires, analysis of student behavior and the classroom behavior of teachers, the researchers concluded that the reflective teaching strategies and techniques used in this study have a positive impact on student’s desire to communicate and speak fluent intermediate level language skills.