A COGNITIVE APPROACH AND COMMUNICATIVE LANGUAGE TEACHING BASED PROGRAM TO DEVELOP PROSPECTIVE TEACHERS’ EFL ORAL COMMUNICATION, ACADEMIC WRITING SKILLS AND POSITIVE THINKING
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Brain-Compatible Learning, EFL Reflective Reading Skills, StudentsAbstract
This study aimed to develop prospective teachers’ EFL oral communication, academic writing skills and positive thinking via a program based cognitive approach and communicative language teaching. No previous studies dealt with this program, which is based on cognitive approach and communicative language teaching, so this is the novelty point of the current study. There are thirty-five participants for the experimental group and the same for the control group. Questionnaires on oral communication, academic writing skills and positive thinking were designed and juried. The positive thinking scale was designed and juried. Then, the oral communication and, academic writing tests and positive thinking scale were juried and administered to the participants of the two groups. The program was designed and administered in the second term of 2025, the academic year, and lasted for the entire term with one session per week for the experimental group. The study results revealed that the experimental group’s post-results exceeded its pre-results in the post-administration of the instructions. Furthermore, it could be determined that the proposed program substantially enhanced the stated variables.
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