الفهرس 
The Problem and its Context
Speaking ProficiencyOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
Many secondary school students face serious difficulties to express themselves in English. Their poor mastery of the necessary EFL speaking skills needs to be addressed to help them overcome these problems. This was confirmed through a pilot study conducted by the researcher where a sample of first year secondary school
students were interviewed in the first semester of the school year
2015 The researcher also observed that the students had a high level
of speaking anxiety. The present study examined the effect of training first year secondary school students on using meaning negotiation strategy instruction to enhance their EFL speaking proficiency. The treatment
recommended practicing speaking through activities of communicative value in a natural context. In addition, this study
traced the effect of instructing students in meaning negotiation
strategies on reducing their EFL speaking anxiety. The study addressed the following main question:What is the effect of meaning. negotiation strategies on first year secondary school students’ speaking proficiency and speaking anxiety reduction?. The following su b-questions were also addressed: What is the effect of meaning negotiation strategies on first
year secondary school students’ speaking fluency? What is the effect of meaning negotiation strategies on first year secondary school students’ speaking accuracy (grammar vocabulary, pronunciation) What is the effect of meaning negotiation strategies on first
year secondary school students’ speaking comprehensibility? What is the effect of meaning negotiation strategies on first year secondary school students’ speaking pragmatic competence? What is the effect of meaning negotiation strategies on first year secondary school students’ speaking overall speaking proficiency What is the effect of meaning negotiation strategies on reducing first year secondary school students’ speaking anxiety