Mingle activities and oral interaction

Abstract

Learning a new language is the main focus of education but there is a huge barrier in the development of spoken language and this limits interaction within the classroom. Excessive teaching of grammatical structures generates only knowledge memorization but not language production. This research aims to identify the influence of mingle activities in oral interaction development. For this purpose, 30 tenth-year students of upper basic level and four teachers were taken into consideration. A pre- and post-test were applied to measure students’ interactive communication before and after the treatment. Quantitative methods were used to analyze the results: applying a t-test between the results of each test and presenting statistical data of the survey. According to the results of the survey, it showed that teachers emphasize the use of the English language orally and they try to promote it during their classes. Regarding the results of the tests, an improvement in the students´ speaking skill was shown because when using the mingle activities, students felt more confident and motivated to participate in classes. In conclusion, it is demonstrated that mingle activities provide students opportunities to use the English language orally and it helps them improve the communicative aspect, this being the main focus when learning a language.