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Abstract
The aim of this study was to use the Communicative Approach to develop EFL secondary school students‟ speaking skills. This study employed a pre/post-one group design. An intact class (45 females) from the first-year secondary students were randomly selected from one of the public secondary schools, “Omar Ibn Al-Khatab Secondary school for girls”, in Qalubiya Governorate in the first term of the scholastic year 2018-2019. The tools used in this study were a speaking skills checklist, a pre-post speaking test to measure first-year secondary students‟ speaking skills, a proposed program designed in the light of Communicative Approach, and finally a success criteria used for students‟ reflection on their learning. The oral performances in the pre/post-test were analyzed to measure the speaking sub-skills output. The collected data were statistically analysed using t-test. The findings revealed that communicative language teaching had a positive effect on the students‟ speaking skills. Therefore, It is recommended that teachers might find increasing the students‟ talk time beneficial to help the students improve their speaking skills by designing effective communicative activities.