The effect of repeating English-speaking activities using the 2/3/4 technique on the fluency and accuracy of speech of talented students in South Khorasan

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MA in ELT, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, Iran

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 The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of repeating English-speaking activities using the 2/3/4 technique on the fluency and correctness of speech of talented students. Female students studying in the eighth grade of talented schools in South Khorasan Province in the academic year of 1400-1401 formed the statistical population of this research. Among these, 22 female students were selected using available sampling method. During 12 sessions, the students in their English class were exposed to repeating speaking activities according to the textbook in a timed manner using the 2/3/4 technique. The scale of speech fluency was the number of words spoken per minute and the number of pauses per 100 words, and the number of lexical and grammatical errors per 100 words was used to measure speech accuracy. The results showed that the repetition of speaking activities using the 2.3.4 technique had a positive and significant effect on the fluency of students' speech (p<0.01), while the correctness of their speech improved from this intervention. It has not been affected and there has been no significant change in it. The results of the present research can open the way for designers of courses and educational content, teachers and instructors of English language in order to choose and use the 2/3/4 technique intelligently to develop the language fluency of language learners as much as possible..

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  • Receive Date: 23 August 2022
  • Revise Date: 01 September 2022
  • Accept Date: 08 September 2022

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