A program Based on the Constructivist Approach and its Effectiveness in Developing EFL Preparatory Stage Pupils' Communicative Competence

Maroof, Sobeih Oudah Sobeih; Abdel Aziz, Manal Mohammad; Hussein, Hanan Ahmed

doi:10.21608/buhuth.2021.75054.1106

A program Based on the Constructivist Approach and its Effectiveness in Developing EFL Preparatory Stage Pupils' Communicative Competence

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¹ Curriculum and methods of EFl, faculty of women, Ain Shams university, Cairo, Egypt

² Curriculm and methods of EFl, faculty of Women. Ain shams University

³ Curriculum and methods of EFL, faculty of Women, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

10.21608/buhuth.2021.75054.1106

Abstract

The present study aimed at preparing a program based on the constructivist approach and measuring its effectiveness in developing EFL communicative competence among the first grade preparatory stage pupils. The sample of the study was (30) participants from the first grade at a Preparatory School. The instruments of the study were: An EFL oral communicative competence skills list, an EFL written communicative competence skills list, an EFL oral communicative competence skills test (used as pre-post test) and a rubric to correct it in addition to an EFL written communicative competence skills test (used as pre-post test) and a rubric to correct it. Before implementing the program, the oral and written communicative competence skills tests were administered to the study sample (used as pre tests). They were also administered as post tests after implementing the constructivist approach based program that lasted for nineteen sessions. Paired sample t- test was conducted to compare the means of the pupils' scores on the pre and post tests. Results showed that the pupils' EFL oral and written communicative competence skills have been developed as a result of using the program based on the constructivist approach.

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