THE IMPACT OF SCAFFOLDING APPROACH ON ADVANCING COMMUNICATION SKILLS

Abstract

Speaking is a multifaceted process that involves more than just articulation. Given the importance of speaking in improving the language abilities of English language learners, teachers and coaches place great importance on this skill. Speaking skill is an important skill that all language learners should strive to improve during language learning. However, this enterprise presents significant difficulties for non-native speakers of the language. In such cases, several approaches and tactics can be used to overcome the difficulties. The scaffolding approach is a very effective way of developing speaking ability. The scaffolding approach is a very effective way of developing speaking ability. The scaffolding approach is useful in controlling and organizing language production, which helps learners improve in this area. The current research method aimed to analyze impact of Scaffolding approach on evolving academic speaking skills of learners. The descriptive research method was utilized achieve the objective of the recent research study. Quantitative method was used in this overarching study. Questionnaire was surveyed among participants. Overall 34 learners participated from Khoja Akhmet Yassawi International Kazakh-Turkish University. After collecting whole data Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS) version 23 to generate the results in order to calculate results descriptive analysis and Mann-Whitney U-test was used. The findings of the study learners’ perception of Scaffolding approach showed positive results, and there was no found significant difference between gender and grades’ of learners.