Exploring the impact of discursive narrative construction-based instruction to enhance English majors' speaking performance
Year: 2026
Type: article
Study design: Clinical Trial
Abstract: The current study aims to investigate the impact of using discursive narrative construction on English majors' speaking performance. Participants involved 86 freshman English majors at Faculty of Specific Education, Zagazig University, Egypt. They were divided into an experimental group (n = 43) and a control group (n = 43). Students in the experimental group were taught through the discursive narrative construction-based instruction, whereas students in the control group received conventional focus-on-form instruction. For quantitative data, a pre-post speaking performance test was designed and administered to assess students' level before and after treatment. Qualitative data were collected and analyzed via individual interviews. Results indicated that the experimental group surpassed the control group in fluency, accuracy and appropriacy, with significant improvement in fluency. Qualitative data also revealed that the experimental group students enhanced their speaking ability through utilizing various schematic patterns of language constructions, knowledge of shared structural and semantic patterns, integrating the social and cultural context with language constructions, and deconstructing and reconstructing narratives.
Author: Amr F. Abdelwahab
Institution: Zagazig University
Language: English
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $1,590
OpenAlex ID: W7122848249