the effect of using ted talks and ted- ed websites on 10th grade efl students' mechanics of speaking in jordan
The current study aimed at discovering the effectiveness of using TED Talks and TED-ED on EFL Students' mechanics of speaking. It also aimed to investigate whether teaching mechanics of speaking via TED Talks and TED-ED websites had a significant difference in aspects of mechanics of speaking (Intonation, word stress, sentence stress, juncture, and pause). To achieve these goals, 46 students were already divided into two groups; each group consisted of 23 students of 10th grade students, at Al-Bwidah Secondary Comprehensive School, at Al-Ramtha Director of Education, during the first semester of academic year 2022/2023. The experimental group was taught using TEDs websites, while the control group was taught regularly. The students were given a pre-test then after eight weeks, they sat for a post-test to ensure whether they had any improvement in their mechanics of speaking after the experiment, and to see whether the TED websites had an effect on the experimental group. The results of the study showed that the experimental group performed significantly better than the control group in the mechanics of speaking. The findings of the study also showed that there were statistically significant differences at a =0.05 between the mean scores of the experimental group due to the method of teaching (TED Talks and TED-ED vs. regular instruction) in favor of the TED Talks and TED-ED in the mechanics of speaking on the post – test. This, in turn, strengthened the students' speaking mechanics in English and made e easier to express their ideas without hesitation or fear. Accordingly, using TED Talks and TED-ED Websites strategy is recommended in the curricula plans of the English language subject for helping students to develop their mechanics of speaking. The results of the study indicated that the experimental group performed better than the control group in vocabulary learning and reading comprehension due to the suggested strategy of teaching that is teaching vocabulary and reading comprehension using the Synonym strategy. Additionally, the findings of the study revealed that teaching vocabulary and reading comprehension using the Synonym strategy increased the experimental group students' motivation. Accordingly, a set of recommendations were provided at the end of this study. (Author’s abstract)