Using an interactive whiteboard to improve second year preparatory stage students' English-speaking skills

Abstract

The present study aimed at investigating the effectiveness of using an interactive whiteboard to improve second year preparatory stage students' English-speaking skills. The participants were 60 students from among second year preparatory stage at Assiut governorate- Manfalout city who were randomly chosen and divided into two groups: a control group (n=30) and an experimental group (n=30). The students of the experimental group were taught through using the interactive whiteboard whereas those of the control group studied the same content through the traditional method. The study employed the quasi- experimental design of two groups which were tested before and after the treatment to verify the effectiveness of the interactive whiteboard.  The instrument of the study was a speaking test. A speaking skills test and a rubric was designed to score the test and validated by the jury members. The results showed that the students of the experimental group performed much better on the post testing. The program was thus proved to be effective in improving their speaking skills (asking short questions, using appropriate words in a conversation, using tenses appropriately, using pauses correctly, and producing simple sentences fluently).