Teaching Formulaic Sequences to Improve the Oral Communicative Skills of Omani EF Learners

Abstract

Improving oral communication skills is fundamental when it comes to learning English, however; there are lots of factors that make mastering them challenging. English speakers often find managing verbal communication situations stressful, as they must mind and process many aspects of English in a restricted time.

This paper focuses on the effect of teaching multiword strings, known as formulaic sequences, as an operational tool that can ease to the learners the experience of communicating orally in English. It has been suggested that learning formulaic sequences is useful in improving not only fluency but also listening.

Keywords: formulaic sequences, fluency, oral communication

DOI: 10.7176/JEP/14-9-10

Publication date:March 31^st 2023