Orell Talk for Engineering Communication: Improving Oral Fluency in Information Systems Contexts

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the effects of using the educational speaking technology tool, Orell Talk, on enhancing the speaking performance of English as a Foreign Language students. A quasi-experimental research design was employed to compare the speaking performance of EFL students who used Orell Talk with those who learned to speak using conventional methods. The study gathered data through tests, questionnaires, and interviews. The findings revealed that the EFL students who learned speaking skills through Orell Talk demonstrated significantly enhanced performance in fluency, coherence, lexical resources, grammatical range and accuracy, and pronunciation compared to the control group. The study concludes that the integration of educational speaking technology tools, such as Orell Talk, can effectively improve the overall speaking proficiency of EFL learners.