Designing Primary School A2 Level Speaking Activities

Abstract

This study aimed to design activities based on language structures such as cause-effect relationships, justification, and cultural expressions in order to improve the speaking skills of students at the A2 level in primary school. Activities enriched with contextual examples from daily life and visual supports made students' language learning fun and meaningful. In the study, a learning environment was created in accordance with the principles of communicative language teaching by using dialogues based on situations that students may encounter in real life. In addition, expressions specific to Turkish culture and body language elements were included in the activities to develop social and cultural awareness. The results of the study revealed that context-based and visually supported activities were effective in improving students' speaking skills and pointed out the importance of these methods in language teaching.