The Effectiveness of Using a Hybrid Self-Regulatory Program to Develop Preparatory Stage Pupils' EFL speaking Skills

Abstract
The present research was conducted to determine the effectiveness of using a hybrid self-regulatory program on developing the EFL speaking skills for preparatory stage pupils. The participants of this quasi experimental research consisted of 40 pupils in the third  year preparatory stage at El Boughdadi preparatory school.  They were assigned to an experimental group and a control group. Two  instruments were designed by the researcher and used in this research, namely; an EFL speaking skills test to measure the speaking  performance level of both the experimental and control groups before and after the treatment, and a rubric to score students' oral performance on the pre and post speaking test. Results of the research revealed that the experimental group outperformed the control group on the post administration of the speaking test. Thus it was concluded that using  the hybrid self-regulatory program had positive effects on developing the speaking skills of the target sample. A number of recommendations and suggestions for further research were presented.
Key words: Hybrid Self-Regulatory Program, Speaking Skills, Egypt.