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Tamil Speaking Proficiency and The Importance of Speaking Assessment among Tamil Language Trainee Teachers

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Speaking skills are an important part of the curriculum in language teaching and this makes them an important object of assessment as well. Tamil language trainee teachers have problems delivering the lessons to students effectively due to poor speaking skills. Thus, this research is conducted to highlight speaking proficiency levels and explain the importance of speaking assessment among Tamil Language trainee teachers in Malaysia. Martin Bygate’s Theory on speaking was used in this study. Simple random sampling was carried out involving 12 trainee teachers who are studying the Tamil Language as a major at one of the local public universities in Malaysia. The study incorporated mixed methods. Theimplication of this study indicates that implementing speaking assessments among Tamil Language Trainee teachers at universities can increase their Tamil speaking proficiency.

Source: Shanlax International Journal of Tamil Research

DOI: 10.34293/tamil.v9i2.8364

Authors: Mannosh Rama, Sangeetha Sandrakumaran, Manonmani Devi Annamalai

Institution: Sultan Idris Education University

Language: English

Topic: EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning

Subfield: Language and Linguistics

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4407593905

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