The Effectiveness of a Sociolinguistics Theory- Based Blended Learning Program in Enhancing EFL Speaking Skills of University Students....

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Abstract
 The research aimed to investigate the effectiveness of using sociolinguistics theory -based blended program to enhance EFL speaking skills of university students. The instruments of the study were a speaking checklist, speaking test and scoring rubric. The study adopted the quasi-experimental design using two groups; the first was experimental and the second was the control group constituting the sample of the study (n=60). The results showed that the experimental group students exceeded their counterparts of the control group students on the speaking skills post- test. It was concluded that using sociolinguistics theory in EFL classrooms developed students' speaking skills.
Key words: Sociolinguistics competence, language variation, blended learning.

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