Using Microsoft Applications-Based Dynamic ‎Assessment for Improving Student Teachers` ‎EFL Speaking Skills and Reducing their Anxiety

Introduction
          Language is the essential means humans use to communicate and exchange information. It is also a way by which humans convey their feelings, emotions, and beliefs. This makes it a must to explore it carefully and look for the best methods of enhancing and teaching its skills. Language is made up of four main skills, namely listening, speaking, reading, and writing. A student may be said to have good communication and effective interpersonal skills only when these four skills blend together.
          Speaking is considered one of the most important skills in any language. Efrizal (2012) suggests that speaking is very important for the interaction between people everywhere and every day. Furthermore, in the field of education, Sadiku (2015) believes that speaking is as useful as the other language skills since it is regarded as the expression of what students read, write, and listen to.
          Despite the fact that speaking in EFL is important, it is difficult to master due to many reasons. The first reason that makes students reluctant to speak a foreign language is inhibition. Students usually become anxious about committing mistakes and being criticized as they speak. (Leong & Ahmadi, 2017).  Another reason is lack of participation which can be attributed to the fact that “some students dominate the whole class while others talk very little or never speak”. (p.36). A third reason is anxiety, which affects English speakers` oral performance negatively. (Woodrow, 2006).