Universal Journal of Educational Research Vol. 8(9), pp. 4071 - 4079
DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2020.080932
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Hands-on: Elevating the Quality of Classroom Participation through Challenge-Action-Result Technique in English-Medium Instruction to Medical Arab Students

Mohammed Abdulgalil Abugohar ^1,*, Baderaddin Yassin ^2
1 Department of English Language, Al-Ghad International Colleges for Applied Medical Sciences, Saudi Arabia
² English Language Center, Al-Ghad International Colleges for Applied Medical Sciences, Saudi Arabia

ABSTRACT

The success essence of language teaching is assessed against its true outcomes. To this end, ESL teachers should effectively exploit all available techniques to help their students master the target language's communicative skills. One proposed technique is to turn the learning environment into a speaking classroom where learners can be actively engaged in interactive communication. As an attempt to do so, this qualitative study explores the potential of classroom teacher-student and student-student interaction using the target language (L2) through the technique of Challenge, Action, and Result (CAR) for fostering university students' classroom communication quality in general, and in-lecture participation and speaking confidence in particular as a part of a whole project that aims at enhancing learners' communicative proficiency. The qualitative data for this study were obtained in the Academic Year 2019/2020 by observing 31 Saudi tertiary students selected purposively to follow up on their language performance and classroom participation. A performance progress record was developed and then implemented after being validated by experts, while an inter rater contributed to ensuring the credibility of the interpretation. The study results unveiled a positive connection between the interaction synergy via the often use of the target language and participants' oral participation, and their speaking confidence. This productive effect resulted in improving the quality of classroom communication level using the CAR technique. In terms of implications, we intended to share our experience based on the research results to draw the attention of those involved in the education process to stress the use of the target language as the sole medium of language classroom interaction through innovative techniques.

KEYWORDS
Classroom Interaction, Elevating Participation Quality, Fostering Confidence, CAR Technique, English-Medium Instruction

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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Mohammed Abdulgalil Abugohar , Baderaddin Yassin , "Hands-on: Elevating the Quality of Classroom Participation through Challenge-Action-Result Technique in English-Medium Instruction to Medical Arab Students," Universal Journal of Educational Research, Vol. 8, No. 9, pp. 4071 - 4079, 2020. DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2020.080932.

(b). APA Format:
Mohammed Abdulgalil Abugohar , Baderaddin Yassin (2020). Hands-on: Elevating the Quality of Classroom Participation through Challenge-Action-Result Technique in English-Medium Instruction to Medical Arab Students. Universal Journal of Educational Research, 8(9), 4071 - 4079. DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2020.080932.