Fishbowl technique at TESOL Classes and Figuring out Speaking Skills Limitations and Solutions:

Sherwan Taha Ameen; Sagvan Mohammed Ali Ahmed

doi:10.33193/IJoHSS.45.2023.574

Sherwan Taha Ameen Assistant Lecturer and Researcher at English language Department, College of Basic Education, University of Duhok, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
Sagvan Mohammed Ali Ahmed Assistant Lecturer at English language Department, College of Languages, University of Duhok, Kurdistan Region, Iraq

DOI: https://doi.org/10.33193/IJoHSS.45.2023.574

الكلمات المفتاحية: speaking skills, English language, fishbowl, basic and secondary school

الملخص

In this current era of globalization, there is a need for English instructors to improve their inactive learners' confidence so as they can be capable of participating actively in oral classroom activities. Based on this issue, the study aimed to identify the obstacles and causes faced by learners of English at the primary stage, and the most appropriate solutions to overcome these challenges. The research sample consisted of (65) fourth-grade students in (New Dohuk) and (Parlaman) schools. The researchers used a personal interview with the research sample students to demonstrate and measure the speaking challenges faced by learners of English. Each student will undergo such an interview to consider speaking problems and possible causes. The results showed and suggested that some students had difficulty communicating for various reasons. The researchers recommend conducting more research and studies on the speaking challenges faced by English language learners. The objective of the research is to describe the peaking barriers and analysis of student’s barrier besides to the procedure of the Fishbowl strategy in teaching speaking English. “This research is the implementation of primary school in our schools”. The instrument of the research is an observation sheet, filed note, documentation, and recording. The design of the research used in this study is descriptive qualitative research. The description of the research finding showed about Fishbowl strategy in teaching speaking that have been identified through observation sheet and field notes. The researcher gets the data through the teacher and student’s activities in the teaching and learning process through tests and data. Outcomes seems to be good to use Fishbowl technique but there are a number of barriers if it will be used at normal classrooms of the governmental school but it could be more convenient for the private schools.

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Fishbowl technique at TESOL Classes and Figuring out Speaking Skills Limitations and Solutions

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