The Effect of Communicative Language Activities on Developing the Oral Communication Skills of the Basic Ninth Grade Students in Second Directorate Schools in Amman – Jordan

Abstract

This study investigated the effect of communicative language activities on developing the oral communication skills of the basic 9th grade students in Second Directorate Schools in Amman-Jordan. The study sample consisted of (72) 9th grade distributed in two Second Directorate boys’ schools in Amman. The study sample was divided into two groups; an experimental group consisting of (36) students who studied oral skills through language activities, and a control group consisting of (36) students who studied oral skills in the traditional method. For the purpose of conducting the study, the researcher prepared a variety of systematically organized language activities. To answer the question of the study and to investigate the effect of the communicative language activities on developing students’ oral skills, a test was administered. Results of the study showed that there were statistically significant differences in favour of the experimental group with regards to improving their oral skills attributed to the efficacy of the communicative language activities in teaching oral skills.