The Effects of CEFR-based ESP Speaking and Listening Activities

This study aimed to increase the success of Tourism and Hotel Management students in developing their listening and speaking skills through the use of the suggested ESP listening and speaking activities based on the principles of the CEFR. This study was carried out with the students from the Tourism and Hotel Management Department in the Akdeniz University Faculty of Tourism. The findings in the study indicate a significant difference between the experimental and the control groups in terms of listening and speaking skill achievements. It was observed in this study that the improvement in the listening and speaking skills demonstrated by the experimental group was noticeably greater than the improvement found in the control group. In the light of this research, it can be suggested that implementing CEFR-based ESP listening and speaking activities in the English language lessons in the Faculty of Tourism were effective in increasing the achievement levels of the students in those skills.

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Nurgül Büyükkalay, English Language Teaching, M.A, PhD student, Academic Member, Erasmus+ and Mevlana Exchange Programs Institutional Coordinator, Akdeniz University, Antalya.