The Impacts of Chatting as One of the CALL-Based Activities on Adults' Speaking Ability

Abstract

This study aims to address the impacts of chatting as one of the CALL-based activities on adults' speaking ability. Speaking is an important skill in second language learning, it needs to be taken into account by language teachers and learners. This ability involves the improvement of a specific kind of communicative skill and language learners need to produce their oral productions and speaking skill in communicative situations. To meet the objective, this study attempts to apply chatting in cyberspaces (telegram) to measure the promotion of adults' speaking skill. To carry out the project, 20 high school students were selected from Chabahar, Iran. A proficiency test was administered to evaluate their general English knowledge. Then, a FCE speaking test was taken as a pre-test. During treatment time, the participants used chatting in telegram as their major activity. This process was run for three months. After the course, a post-test was conducted. Finally, the obtained data was analyzed in SPSS. Findings revealed that chatting as one of the CALL-based activities has a significant effect on adults' speaking ability.