The Role of Self-Monitoring Strategies in Developing Students’ Speaking Performances via Google Workspace

Ali Sabah  Jameel

doi:10.35516/hum.v50i6.7032

Authors

Ali Sabah Jameel Department of English, College of Arts, University of Anbar, Ramadi, Iraq https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3972-1406

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35516/hum.v50i6.7032

Keywords:

Self-Monitoring, Speaking performance, Google Workspace

Abstract

Objectives: Self-monitoring strategies are considered educational tools that help students measure their educational levels themselves. The present study aimed at revealing the role of self-monitoring strategies in developing students’ speaking performance.

Methods: The research adopted a case-study design (with a limited number of participants). The participants were six first-year students of the Department of Business Management at the College of Management and Economics, University of Anbar, who study the English language as an ESP subject. Inside the classroom, the experiment was applied by using self-monitoring strategies in developing students' speaking performance via Google Workspace (via distance learning). Data was collected using open-ended questions.

Results: The study results revealed that self-monitoring strategies have a positive and significant role in improving and developing students’ speaking performance. The participants were satisfied with the speaking levels that they had reached after 40 days of implementing the experience. Students' self-awareness, as well as their linguistic self-confidence, have increased.

Conclusion: The outcomes of the study highlights the significant role of using self-monitoring feedback in developing speaking skills. The results are promising indicators for the effectiveness and safety of using self-monitoring strategies. It is recommended that students in the Department of English use self-monitoring strategies to gradually develop their language skills. Instructors can also use self-monitoring strategies to enhance their students' academic English proficiency.

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