Abstract
THE EFFECT OF THE VOSCREEN APPLICATION ON ORAL PERFORMANCE AMONG SAUDI EFL LEARNERS
This study aimed at investigating the effect of the voscreen application on oral performance among Saudi EFL learners. The vo-screen application attracted the researchers because it is a new and unique application that helps students to improve their skills, especially in oral performance. In the research problem, the researchers threw light upon that many students faced problems in improving their language, and they do not know how to develop their oral performance, which is an essential skill that students have to master. So, the researchers thought of the vo-screen app, believing that it helps attaining a native – speaker like speech. A questionnaire is designed to survey the opinions of a sample of 40 students selected randomly from the different levels of the department of English at Shaqra University, College of Science and Humanities. The methodology used in the study is the descriptive-analytical - method. The data of the study were analyzed by the statistical package for the social sciences (SPSS). The results of the study revealed that the voscreen application has a positive effect on the students' oral performance on one hand, and on the other it also enriches the students' vocabulary. The study recommended that the students should apply Vo-screen application and use it at least once a day to improve their oral performance skills. The students should also start to use this app under the supervision of their lecturers by allotting at least ten minutes at the end of their lectures so as to master the language. Lecturers should apply voscreen application in their lectures as an assessment tool for better learning.
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