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

Using the technique of dialogue in teaching provides learners with opportunity to share 
ideas
results shows that the majority of the respondents (85%) were either (agree 45%) or (strongly 
agree 40%) that using the technique of dialogue in teaching provides learners with opportunity to 
share ideas, 8.3% of them were neutral, 5% of them disagreed and only one respondent strongly 
disagreed with this assumption.
Dialogic teaching develops the learner's debating skills
More than half of the respondents (55% strongly agreed that dialogic teaching develops the 
learner's debating skills
, 
33.3% of them agreed, 10% of them were neutral and only
 
one respondent 
strongly disagreed.
Debates in the classroom can serve as an innovative teaching tool 
When discussing results of the above statement, it is clearly observed that 43.3% of the 
respondents agreed that debates in the classroom can serve as an innovative teaching tool,
 25% 
of 
them were neutral 21.7% strongly agreed, 8.3% of them disagreed, and

only one respondent 

strongly disagreed. In spite of the variant percentage of the responses to this statement, using 
debate as a teaching tool will provide students with the ability to communicate successfully and 
think critically.
 
 

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Arab World English Journal (AWEJ) Volume 8. Number 4. December 2017 
The impact of Dialogic Teaching on English Language Elhassan &
Adam
Arab World English Journal
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Debates in the classroom can serve as an innovative learning tool
the highest percentage (33.3%) of the respondents were neutral, 31.7% of them agreed that 
debates in the classroom can serve as an innovative learning tool, 25% of them strongly agreed, 
while 10% of them disagreed with the mentioned assumption. Most of the respondents thought 
that this could be done through using debate as a tool of learning. These responses supported the 
idea that debate is an experiential learning process that allows students to demonstrate their 
communication ability while presenting reasonable arguments based on evidence.