Effect of Teaching Modern English Drama on the Students’ Fluency and Accuracy of Speaking

Subject Areas : Research in English Language Pedagogy

Kian Pishkar ¹ , Ahmad Moeinzadeh ² , Azizollah Dabaghi ³

1 - University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran,
2 - Department of English Language and Literature, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran
3 - Department of English Language and Literature, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran

Received: 2016-06-13 Accepted : 2016-11-15 Published : 2016-11-15

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