The Impact of Dialogic Teaching on English Language Learners’ Speaking and Thinking Skills

5. Data collection instrument and Instrumentation 
Primary data had been collected by using three tools: 
5.1/ Questionnaire 
A structured self-administered questionnaire was used to collect primary data from 
participants (60 students). The questionnaire contains 20 closed ended statements with the same 
answering option. The questionnaire was filled by the students from a number of Sudanese 
universities. 
5.2 Observational check list 
Observational check list was used for two groups of respondents:
Group (A) control group: consisted of 20 students at 3
rd
year.
Group (B) Experimental Group: Also consisted of 20 students at 3
rd
year (semester 6) who studied 
the skills and techniques of debates. The forty students were from Al-Fashir University. 
5.3
Interviews
Interviews were used with 40 English Language lecturers, assistant professors, and
 
professors 
from different Sudanese Universities. Teachers from English departments who responded to the 
interview were from thirteen Sudanese universities. 
6. Data collection method/ procedure 
The data for this study were collected through questionnaire and interviews during the period 
from 6/5/2013 up to 13/6/2013. The observational check list was conducted through the 
participation of the selected students in the classroom debate. The questionnaire was distributed to 
60 students who had been introduced to debate skills and techniques and who participated in the 
international debate or debates held at their colleges. With the help of one of the lecturers, the 
researcher met the selected students and explained to them the purpose of the questionnaire. Then, 
the questionnaire was distributed to those who agreed to respond to it. Twenty students from 
colleges of Education and Arts as control and experimental groups with the intervention for 
experimental group. The two groups participated separately in a classroom activity and the 
performance of the two groups was evaluated and compared. As for the interview, it was conducted 
with 40 English language lecturers who were available during data collection and who accepted to 
be interviewed.