Enhancing Young Learners’ Speaking Skills through Information Gap Activities
Keywords:
information gap activities, young learners, speaking, communicative competence, language skills, critical thinking skills, meaning-focused activity, pair work and group work skills, interaction
Abstract
This article highlights the role of information gap activities in developing young learners’ speaking skills. We know implementation of different information gap activities in teaching improves not only young learners’ language skills, but also their critical thinking skills, as well as their communicative competences. Moreover, these activities give motivation to use the language in real situation and help to develop pair work and group work skills.
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2. Klippel, F. (1985). KEEP TALKING COMMUNICATIVE FLUENCY ACTIVITIES FOR LANGUAGE TEACHING (1st ed.). London, UK: Cambridge University Press.
3. Prabhu, N. (1987). SECOND LANGUAGE PEDAGOGY. Oxford, UK: Oxford
4. Putri, A. (2014). USING INFORMATION GAP ACTIVITIES TO IMPROVE THE SPEAKING SKILLS OF GRADE VIII YOUNG LEARNERS. Yogyakarta State University, Indonesia.
5. Merita Ismaili, Lumturije Bajrami (2016). INFORMATION GAP ACTIVITIES TO ENHANCE SPEAKING SKILLS OF ELEMENTARY LEVEL STUDENTS. Procedure-Social and Behavioral Sciences, 612-616.
6. Khamraeva G.I. (2021). INTERACTIVE GAMES AND THEIR ROLE IN DEVELOPING LANGUAGE LEARNERS’ COMMUNICATIVE SKILLS //E-Conference Globe, 413-417
7. Khamraeva G.I. (2018). THE ROLE OF GAMES IN IMPROVING YOUNG LEARNERS’ SPEAKING SKILLS. Web of Scholar, 4(4), 77-80.
8. Ratnasari, C. (2016). THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING INFORMATION-GAP ACTIVITIES IN TEACHING AND LEARNING SPEAKING SKILL. http://journal-mahasiswa.unisri.ac.id/index.php/fkiping/article/ view/335
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Published
2022-06-16
How to Cite
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Ibrakhimovna, K. G. 2022. Enhancing Young Learners’ Speaking Skills through Information Gap Activities. International Journal on Integrated Education. 5, 6 (Jun. 2022), 312-314. DOI:https://doi.org/10.17605/ijie.v5i6.3223.
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