Scaffolding oral fluency mediating the target language in ELT to tertiary-level students: A follow-up scheme

Abstract

One of the tasks for language teachers is to create an interactive environment to help learners communicate globally in the 21st century. Employing a case-study design, this research is aimed to explore how far using the target language (L2), as the main language of classroom interaction, can affect students' oral fluency through the technique of Challenge, Action, and Result. Attempting to accomplish the assigned purpose, this study was carried out for four weeks to obtain qualitative data using an observation checklist in following 31 students at the university level. Through this paper, we share our experience to provide instructors in higher education with one of the solutions to learners' oral inefficiency. The study findings proved that there was a remarkably positive influence of mediating English in classroom interaction on improving learners' fluency. Implications of the research are further discussed in the conclusion section.