Using a Collaborative E-learning Environment to Develop Speaking Skills among EFL Second Year Preparatory School students استخدام بيئة تعلم إلكتروني تشاركية لتنمية مهارات التحدث لدى طلاب الصف الثانى الإعدادى دارسي اللغة الإنجليزية كلغة أجنبية

Abstract

This research aims to investigate the effectiveness of a collaborative e-learning environment in developing EFL 2nd year preparatory students’ speaking skills. This experiment was conducted during the academic year 2022/2023. The participants of the study consisted of (60) Second-Year Preparatory students at Al Shahid Hamdy Preparatory School for Boys, Kafr El Sheikh Directorate. Instruments of the study were an EFL speaking skills checklist and an EFL speaking scoring rubric. In this study, pre post-test was used with two groups (experimental and control, 30 students each). Results of the study revealed that the experimental group posttest scores in speaking were significantly better than their pretest ones. Data were statistically analyzed by the Sample t-Test. Findings showed that the experimental group outperformed the control one. It is concluded that using a Collaborative E-learning Environment proved to be effective in improving some EFL speaking sub-skills among second Year preparatory School EFL Students. Teaching speaking skills using a Collaborative E-learning Environment is recommended among primary and secondary stages.