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Abstract
The aim of the present study is to investigate the effectiveness of a
program based on Academic Controversy in developing EFL speaking
skills among first year secondary school students. The sample of the
present study included (50) students. They were assigned into two
groups; the experimental group (N=25) that received the program based
on academic controversy and the control group (N=25). The instruments
of the present study included an EFL speaking skills test and a rubric to
analyze the students’ performance in speaking. The EFL speaking test
was applied to the two groups to make sure that the two groups were
equivalent in their EFL speaking skills and identifying the level of the
experimental group students before implementing the program. After
implementing the program on the experimental group, the EFL speaking
skills test was applied again to the two groups. Findings of the study
revealed that the experimental group students’ EFL speaking skills were
developed as a result of the program that was taught to them. Therefore, it
can be concluded that the program based on academic controversy is effective.