The Use of Speaking Strategies by Pre-Service EFL Teachers

master's thesis

• Author: Jelena Filipović
• Mentor: Alenka Mikulec (mentor)
• Committee member: Lovorka Zergollern-Miletić (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Marija Andraka (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Alenka Mikulec (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Teacher Education; Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2019-09-09, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: HUMANISTIC SCIENCES; Interdisciplinary Humanistic Studies; Teaching Methods in the Humanistic Sciences

Abstract

Speaking in English as a foreign language is a complex skill which includes production of speech sounds in a meaningful way, as well as knowledge on different contexts in which speaking occurs since it dictates the nature of one’s speech. Learners who want to improve their general speaking performance can benefit from the use of speaking strategies. In short, speaking strategies are actions which learners take to manage different aspects, such as cognitive, motivational, social and affective, which then affects their development of speaking skills.
This language skill is particularly important for young learners’ EFL teachers, as they are frequently the only models of correct pronunciation whom the children can imitate.
Thus, to determine the level of the perceived use of speaking strategies by pre-service EFL teachers and possible correlation between their perceived use of speaking strategies and their self-assessed knowledge of English and speaking skills in English, research involving fifty university students of Graduate programme of study of primary education in combination with the study of the English language was conducted. The results show significant use of speaking strategies, but the correlation was found to be weak, and it was recorded only between some of the categories of speaking strategies and the mentioned variables.

Abstract (croatian)

Govorenje na engleskom kao stranom jeziku složena je vještina koja uključuje produkciju glasova na smislen način, kao i znanje o različitim kontekstima u kojima se govorni čin može odvijati, budući da kontekst diktira prirodu govora. Svima koji uče engleski jezik i žele poboljšati svoju vještinu govorenja, uporaba strategija govorenja može biti korisna. Ukratko, strategije govorenja su radnje koje oni koji uče jezik poduzimaju kako bi regulirali različite aspekte, poput kognitivnog, motivacijskog, socijalnog i afektivnog aspekta, što posljedično utječe na razvoj jezične djelatnosti govorenja. Ova je jezična djelatnost posebno važna za učenike mlađe dobi jer su nastavnici engleskoga jezika često jedini model pravilnoga izgovora koji ovi učenici mogu oponašati.
Kako bi se, dakle, odredila percepcija korištenja strategija govorenja od strane budućih učitelja engleskoga kao stranoga jezika i moguća korelacija između percepcije uporabe strategija govorenja i samoprocjene znanja engleskoga jezika i samoprocjene razine jezične djelatnosti govorenja provedeno je istraživanje u kojemu je sudjelovalo pedeset studenata diplomskog studijskog programa Učiteljskog studija s engleskim jezikom.
Rezultati pokazuju značajnu uporabu strategija govorenja, međutim, korelacije su se pokazale slabima, te su utvrđene samo između određenih skupina strategija govorenja i ispitivanih varijabli.

• Keywords: EFL knowledge; pre-service EFL teachers; speaking skills; speaking strategies
• Keywords (english): budući učitelji engleskoga kao stranoga jezika; jezična djelatnost govorenja; strategije govorenja; vrsnoća u engleskom kao stranom jeziku.
• Language: english
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:147:349123
• Study programme: Title: Integrated Undergraduate and Graduate University Programme of Study of Primary Teacher Education and Integrated Undergraduate and Graduate University Programme of Study for Primary Teacher Education with English and German Language; Study programme type: university; Study level: integrated undergraduate and graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra primarnog obrazovanja (magistar/magistra primarnog obrazovanja)
• Type of resource: Text
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2020-10-12 12:31:14