Self Regulated Strategy Instruction for Developing Speaking Proficiency and Reducing Speaking Anxiety of Egyptian University Students
The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of teaching some self regulated strategies to Egyptian university students on improving their speaking proficiency and reducing their speaking anxiety. The design of the study was a one group pre posttest quasi experimental design. Forty 3rd year EFL university students were selected to form the experimental group of the study. This experimental group was tested using the pre post speaking test and speaking anxiety scale before and after being exposed to the self regulated strategy treatment. Paired samples t test revealed significant differences between the pretest and posttest of speaking proficiency as well as speaking anxiety in favor of the posttests. Additionally, a negative correlation was shown between speaking proficiency and speaking anxiety. It was concluded that teaching self regulated strategies to university students was effective in developing their speaking proficiency and reducing their anxiety considerably.