THE PECULIARITIES OF TASK BASED INSTRUCTIONS TO IMPROVE SPEAKING SKILLS OF EFL STUDENTS THROUGH ROLE-PLAYS.

Abstract

The goals of this study are (1) to find out student`s speaking skills before being
taught by using task-based instructions. (2) To know changes and developments of the
students` speaking skills after being taught by using task based instructions. (3) To find
out major differences of students` speaking skills before and after the study.
In this study 15 second year students of Uzbekistan State World languages university
participated. Their English level was B2 on average, but, they had many difficulties when
it comes to speaking part. For this study, researcher interviewed students before the test
and find out major problems. For main test, students participated in role plays 3 times.
Finally, they were interviewed again, in order to know the effect of role play to develop
their speaking skills.