Using a Program Based on Community Language Learning (CLL) for Remedying Some Speaking Difficulties of EFL First- grade Secondary Stage Students

Abstract

Abstract The study aimed at investigating the effectiveness of using a proposed program based on Community Language Learning (CLL) for remedying some speaking difficulties of EFL First-grade secondary stage students. The participants of the study were Sixty (60) first year secondary stage students from Om Al-Momneen secondary school, Damietta, Egypt. The studyadopted the quasi-experimental research design. So, there were two groups: an experimental group (n= 30) and a control one (n= 30). Instruments designed and used in the study were EFL speaking difficulties test and observation checklist. The experimental treatment was conducted during the second semester in the academic year 2018/2019.Results showed that there were statistically significant differences between the control and experimental groups on both instruments (EFL speaking difficulties test and observation checklist) in favor of the experimental group. In addition, there were statistically significant differences between pre- and post-levels of the experimental group on both instruments in favor of the post level. These results indicated that the program based on Community Language Learning (CLL) contributed in remedying the essential EFL speaking difficulties Keywords : EFL Speaking, Speaking difficulties, language Learning, Community