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What is Speaking Anxiety

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It is the nervousness that an individual feels during or after speaking, usually while being tested for their oral proficiency.
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Examination of Speaking Test Performance in Structured Group Tasks: An Interactional Perspective
Elif Tokdemir Demirel (Kırıkkale University, Turkey) and Zeynep Baser (Kırıkkale University, Turkey)
Copyright: © 2021 |Pages: 21
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-7876-6.ch011
Abstract
This chapter explores the use of structured group tasks in the testing of speaking skills in the context of a tertiary level first year speaking course. Participants included undergraduate university students from the department of English translation and interpreting at a state university located in Central Turkey. The structured task used in the study guided students into a group discussion during the speaking exam. The discussions in the exam sessions were video-recorded and transcribed. The transcriptions were analyzed from an interactional perspective. The students were also given an open-ended questionnaire to reveal their opinions about the ins and outs of the speaking test task tried out in the study. The questionnaire consisted of two parts. The first part required students to fill out their demographic information, and the second part inquired students' opinions about the group speaking task. The results of the analysis and questionnaire responses revealed additional opportunities provided by the use of structured tasks in speaking exams.
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