چکیده

The present study set out to investigate the effect of scaffolding of oral reproduction of English short stories via a social network on teenage EFL learners’ speaking fluency and accuracy. Also, the students’ attitudes towards using a social network in language learning contexts were to be investigated. To do so, a quantitative study was conducted with a sample of 60 pre-intermediate teenage Iranian EFL learners who were selected among 100 teenage students from a language institute based on their performance on an Oxford Placement Test (OPT). The participants were divided into two groups: an experimental group, receiving scaffolding through the medium of WhatsApp, and a control group, who received scaffolding through traditional classroom procedure. In both groups, the students’ speaking fluency and accuracy were pre and post-tested. Based on the statistical results of the Independent-Samples t-tests, scaffolding of oral summarization of English short stories via WhatsApp application was proved to be significantly useful in enhancing speaking fluency and accuracy of EFL learners. Further, the questionnaire data showed a positive relationship between the participants’ attitudes and using social networks in language learning contexts.

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Keywords: Accuracy; fluency; scaffolding; Sociocultural Theory of Mind; technology-mediated scaffolding.

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Ali Fattahinejad , 1398 , Scaffolding via a Social Network and Teenage EFL Learner’s Oral Reproduction of Short Stories; Speaking Fluency and Accuracy in Focus , اولين کنفرانس بين المللي مطالعات زبان انگليسي