Using the Negotiation Strategy for Enhancing EFL Students’ Active Listening Skills

Abstract

The present research aimed at investigating the effectiveness of using the negotiation strategy for enhancing EFL students’ active listening skills. The research followed the quasi experimental design of two groups (control and experimental), whereas the researcher designed and used the materials and instruments of the research, which applied on (50) major students of Hurghada Faculty of Education EFL fourth year; that included: a list of the active listening skills, an active listening skills test, a teacher’s guide and a student’s handbook; which prepared in light of the negotiation strategy. The results of the research showed the statistically significant differences between the mean scores which obtained by the experimental group in the pre/post test of the active listening skills (in favor of the post test). Moreover, there were statistically significant differences between the mean scores of the experimental and the control groups in the post test of the active listening skills (in favor of the experimental group). Therefore, the impact of using the negotiation strategy for enhancing EFL students’ active listening skills has been verified.