Reviewing journal teaching chapter 2

Reviewing journal teaching chapter 2

The Effect of Content-Based Approach in Student vs. Teacher-Centered Environment on Improving Speaking among Iranian Intermediate EFL Learners

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Seyed Ehsan Afsahi1 & Azizeh Chalak2 1 PhD Candidate in TEFL, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Isfahan, Iran 2 Assistant Professor, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Isfahan, Iran Correspondence: Seyed Ehsan Afsahi, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Isfahan, Iran. E-mail: S.e.afsahi@gmail.com 

This journal discussing about approach how to make the student improving their speaking ability. Speaking is the most important skill of language. Speaking a language is especially difficult for foreign language learners because effective oral communication requires the ability to use the language appropriately in social interactions, and in suitable context and situation. As a matter of fact, most of the learners consider speaking as an important ability to have which is useful in different situation. The present study aims at implementing the content-based approach in a student-centered environment with Iranian intermediate EFL learners to help them to have interaction with a realistic task such as panel discussion for better improvement of the speaking skill. It will be very beneficial for EFL teachers to widen their view on the new methods of teaching and considering the roles assumed to both parts as it really deserves and yields better learning outcomes. The subjects who participated in this study consist of two groups of 30 male intermediate students who had participated in speaking course that was held in Kish-Air language institution. The range of the subjects was 16 to 23. Their major was not the same and they had different jobs and social positions. Some were high school students and some were university students of Payam Noor, Tehran Branch. Moreover, some were other people with different jobs. Almost all the researchers in the field of TEFL believe that student centered classes in content-based approach show good outcomes in practice, although much of these researchers believe in this method of teaching model in the English classes. During this study, in spite of the entire problem, the researcher managed to investigate two classes. One as experimental and the other as control one.