THE IMPACT OF USING THE PADLET APPLICATION ON IMPROVING 7TH GRADERS' ENGLISH SPEAKING AND DEDUCTIVE THINKING SKILLS

Mahmoud Alastal, Alaa Aladini, Mahmoud Jalambo, Hosni Alattal

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In today's digital era and the revolution of online education, students move from face-to-face interaction to digital one. They have fewer opportunities to cooperate and do real interactions with each other. There comes the need to integrate technology tools to assist students to build their own digital community. Speaking is the basis for communication, and different reasons make speaking a difficult task to master, such as; limited time and other internal elements. Padlet can be an alternate solution for these issues. Accordingly, this study aims at investigating the impact of using the Padlet application among the 7th graders to improve their English speaking and deductive thinking skills. The study sample was 30 students who were randomly chosen from Deer Al Balah Prep Boys C school in the middle area of the Gaza Strip, Palestine. The quantitative approach was used, as the students had to set for a pre and post-application of the speaking test as well as the deductive skills test to collect the needed data, and the SPSS was implemented to provide detailed findings. Based on the data analysis and comparing the results of the experimental and controlled group, it is shown that the Padlet is effective in teaching English speaking skills besides improving the deductive skills and abilities of school students in the English classes. The researchers recommend emerging technologies in teaching speaking and consider deductive thinking skills while using such technologies to upgrade the students' 21st-century skills.

 

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Padlet application; 7th graders; speaking skills; deductive thinking skills

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