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Abstract
The current study aimed at investigating the effectiveness of using self-study strategies on developing speaking skills of EFL preparatory schoolers. The research design is the qusai experimental pre-post test. Two classes from Al-Oboor Preparatory School for Girls in Ismailia were selected purposefully. One class was the experimental group and the other the control one. Each group consisted of (36) female pupils. During the second term of the school year (2017-2018), the experimental group was taught using self-study strategies while the ordinary methods were used in teaching the control one. A speaking skills test was designed and validated to be used as a pre and post test for the two groups of pupils. In order to analyze the data from both the pre-test and post-test and to measure the effect of the developed learning materials, the statistical package for the social science (SPSS) was used. The statistical methods were used included t-test Paired Sample, t- test Independent Sample and the effect size technique (Eta Square).
The results of the study revealed that there were statistically significant differences at (α ≤ 0.05) level between the mean scores of the experimental group in the pre administration of the speaking skills test and those of the post administration of the same test in favour of the post administration. The results also indicated that there were statistically significant differences at (α ≤ 0.05) level between the mean scores of the experimental and control groups in the post administration of the speaking skills test in favour of the experimental group. Thus, it can be concluded that using self-study strategies had a significantly positive effect on speaking skills for this sample of preparatory school pupils.