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Snapticon: developing effective listening skills for group oral discussion
Ezihaslinda Ngah1, Wan Jumani Fauzi2, Noor Raha Mohd Radzuan3, Hazlina Abdullah4, Amy Zulaikha Mohd Ali5, Noor Azlinda Zainal Abidin6, Fathiah Izzati Mohamad Fadzillah7.
In many higher education institutions (HEIs) around the world, one of the popular English
oral assessments for ESL learners is group discussion. In group discussions, it is vital that they have the
ability to manage topics in a discussion by knowing how to initiate a topic, expand on the topic,
seamlessly shift from one topic to another as well as close the topic appropriately. Students are therefore
required to utilise their verbal and non-verbal skills to actively interact with all group members.
Listening and speaking skills are equally important for effective communication including participating
in group oral discussion. In order to help ESL learners to be active participants in group discussions, a
card game called Snapticon was created. Open-ended questionnaires were distributed to 25 respondents
in the study and observations were made while the game was being played. It was found from the
findings that the respondents were positive as they regarded the game as interesting and fun. Therefore,
it can be concluded that Snapticon has the potential to be used as a learning material to help develop
ESL learners’ effective listening skills in group oral discussions. Moreover, the use of Snapticon enables
learners to be interactionally competent when participating in group oral discussions.
Affiliation:
- Universiti Malaysia Pahang, 26600 Pekan, Pahang, Malaysia, Malaysia
- Universiti Malaysia Pahang, 26600 Pekan, Pahang, Malaysia, Malaysia
- Universiti Malaysia Pahang, 26600 Pekan, Pahang, Malaysia, Malaysia
- Universiti Malaysia Pahang, 26600 Pekan, Pahang, Malaysia (Malaysia), Malaysia
- Universiti Malaysia Pahang, 26600 Pekan, Pahang, Malaysia (Malaysia), Malaysia
- Universiti Malaysia Pahang, 26600 Pekan, Pahang, Malaysia (Malaysia), Malaysia
- Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia, Bandar Baru Nilai, 71800, Nilai, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia(Malaysia), Malaysia
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