چکیده:
The aim of the current study was to investigate whether L2 dialogue
shadowing practice would have an effect on Iranian intermediate EFL
learners’ conversation ability. For this purpose, 30 Iranian intermediate EFL
learners at Padideh language center participated in the experiment of the
study. The participants were divided into two groups of 15 who were
assigned to the experimental and control group of the study randomly. A
pretest of conversation ability was administered to both groups, the
experimental group received 10 sessions of teaching L2 conversation as well
as dialogue shadowing technique (DST) while the control group received a
placebo, in other words, teaching L2 conversation via existing method. After
the treatment, the same test was administered as posttest to both groups of
study. The data obtained from the tests in this study were analyzed via
independent sample T-test between performance of the groups, and the
paired-sample T-test was used between the pretest and posttest of each group
to show the progress. The results revealed that Iranian EFL learners in the
experimental group performed better and received higher score in
conversation test after 10 sessions of treatment.
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Along with these studies, the current research is to examine the dialogue shadowing features in the discussion section of English conversation by Persian learners to answer the following question and the findings will help teachers of English language to understand the strengths and weaknesses of learners, help learners to master the language and their weaknesses in regard to conversation ability, and help material developers to provide proper instructions for them.
4. The Research Question Based on the problem stated and the background presented, the current study aimed to find answer to the following question: Does dialogue shadowing technique have any effect on Iranian intermediate EFL learners’ conversation ability?
After 10 sessions of teaching, at the end of this training program, the post-test was given to both experimental and control groups, then the researchers estimated participants’ vocabulary, listening, and speaking skills again for evaluating their improvements.
9. Discussion The results and findings of the study revealed that using DST (dialogue shadowing technique) in teaching conversation leads to a better performance of language learners in L2 conversation accuracy tests.
Few researches are conducted on using shadowing technique practices as tool in teaching conversation which can be beneficial in language teaching classroom, since it is simple, interesting, and effective way of the teaching that help learners Website: www.