THE IMPACT OF SMALL-GROUP DISCUSSIONS ON SPEAKING COHERENCE IN IELTS-ORIENTED ESL CLASSROOMS: EVIDENCE FROM UZBEK LEARNERS
Ключевые слова:
: IELTS Speaking, speaking coherence, small-group discussions, Uzbek ESL learners, communicative language teaching, discourse organisation, fluency and coherence, sociocultural theory, Output Hypothesis, IELTS-oriented ESL classrooms.Аннотация
This article investigates, through a small-scale study, the effect of implementing small-group discussions in English on a small group of ESL learners within the IELTS Speaking component, examining how it affects the logical coherence of their discourse.
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