Cooperative strategies and speaking development

Abstract

Speaking skill is a multifaceted one as it involves some subskills. Those subskills make this skill so challenging for speakers of a native language; and the ones who learn a foreign language. However, there are some differences when learning a second or foreign language that make speaking ability hard to develop in learners. The current research aims to demonstrate the effectiveness of using cooperative strategies to develop speaking skills in an EFL classroom. To achieve that goal bibliographic research supports this research work. Also, a pre-experimental investigation provides enough evidence to prove the hypothesis established in this research. The researcher collected the information through a pretest that showed students’ weaknesses in their speaking and interaction skills. Then, after applying three cooperative strategies like a jigsaw, collaborative storytelling, and think-pair and share, which develop that ability, a posttest determined the success of using them to develop speaking skills. After processing the data, the conclusion draws that students improve their speaking ability using those strategies. Also, they could interact in a better way by using English during this research study