| Issue |
SHS Web Conf.
Volume 42, 2018
Global Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning in Education (GC-TALE 2017)
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| Article Number | 00017 | |
| Number of page(s) | 6 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/20184200017 | |
| Published online | 29 January 2018 | |
Enhancing The EFL Learners’ Speaking Skill Through Folktales Based Instruction
English Education Study Program, Mahasaraswati University, Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia
* Corresponding author: bagusmantra@unmas.ac.id
This present research was conducted to improve the EFL learners’ speaking skill through the implementation of Folktales Based Instruction. Consequently this study was intended to explore the valuable usefulness of folktales based instruction implemented intensively in EFL classroom. The subject of the present study consisted of 30 EFL adult learners. The study was conducted in two consecutive cycles in which two learning sessions were carried out for each cycle. The t ea ching ses sions were s t rongly focused on the learners’ active engagement in various communicative classroom activities to ensure that the learners gain higher level of speaking ability. The research result showed that the learners’ speaking skill improved significantly in the second cycle compared to the first cycle. The questionnaire result also showed that the learners strongly enjoyed learning speaking through the integration of folktales based instruction.Therefore it is recommended that teachers should consider utilizing folktales based instruction in teaching speaking skill.
Key words: EFL Learners / Speaking / skill / Folktales / Instruction
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