A comparison of the strategies for teaching oral production skills in Turkish and British primary schools

This study investigated how EAL (English lessons in The UK (United Kingdom) are delivered to the newly arrived non-British students, who know almost nothing about English or England in order to bring up new techniques and strategies to improve the oral production skills of the pupils at primary schools in Turkey. The study used a descriptive method of research.The introductory chapter presents the background, the aim and the scope of the study. The second chapter reviews the existing literature on English Language Teaching (ELT) in both countries. In this chapter, first, the importance of learning English, teaching English to young learners and oral production are clarified. Then the teaching of oral production in Turkish and British primary schools and EAL is defined. Next, stereotypes of EAL learners and as being the mostly known sample of those, the children of the Turkish-speaking community in The UK are identified. The chapter, lastly, holds a brief comparison of teaching EFL in Turkey with EAL in The UK. In the following chapter, the method of the study; in other words, participants and data collection procedures are presented. The data analysis chapter reveals the findings of the study. The data were collected by means of two questionnaires: one was administered to EAL teachers in The UK (N=50) and the second to EFL teachers in Turkey (N=50).The findings of the study revealed that certain EAL techniques and the strategies can be used efficiently in English lessons at primary schools in Turkey to promote speaking by increasing the level of the learners? motivation to participate in the authentic activities and improve their success in oral production.