The effect of utilizing active learning strategies on developing EFL learners speaking skill and reducing EFL learner's language anxiety

Abstract

The study was designed to investigate the effect of utilizing active learning strategies (ALSs), in particular Think-Pair-Share (TPS), on a group of female preparatory year students of Taibah University in developing their speaking skill and reducing their foreign language anxiety. The sample of the study consisted of (60) female prep year students of Taibah University in Madina, Saudi Arabia. Two prep year classes were randomly selected