en The Impact of Pre-Speaking Activities on Iranian Intermediate EFL Learners’ Oral Performance عمومى General كاربردي Applicable <span style="font-family:times new roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">This study aimed to investigate the impact of pre-speaking activities on Iranian intermediate English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners&rsquo; oral performance. </span></span><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">The study followed a quasi-experimental design in which subjects of the study were non-randomly selected. </span></span><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">Oxford Placement Test (OPT) was used to select 100 intermediate EFL learners as the main sample. Then they</span></span><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"> were divided randomly into two experimental and control groups. Prior to the treatment, participants of both groups were given a pre-test of speaking to ensure their speaking ability. After a treatment of pre-speaking activities to members of the experimental group, a post-test of speaking was administered to seek the effect of it. </span></span><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">A t-test was run to examine the difference between the mean scores of each group in post-tests. It was found that there was a statistically significant difference between the experimental and the control group. That is, the experimental group outperformed the control group in oral performance.</span></span><br> &nbsp; <div>This study aimed to investigate the impact of pre-speaking activities on Iranian intermediate English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners&rsquo; oral performance. The study followed a quasi-experimental design in which subjects of the study were non-randomly selected. Oxford Placement Test (OPT) was used to select 100 intermediate EFL learners as the main sample. Then they were divided randomly into two experimental and control groups. Prior to the treatment, participants of both groups were given a pre-test of speaking to ensure their speaking ability. After a treatment of pre-speaking activities to members of the experimental group, a post-test of speaking was administered to seek the effect of it. A t-test was run to examine the difference between the mean scores of each group in post-tests. It was found that there was a statistically significant difference between the experimental and the control group. That is, the experimental group outperformed the control group in oral performance.</div> <div></div> EFL Learners, speaking, pre-speaking activities, oral performance EFL Learners, speaking, pre-speaking activities, oral performance 89 104 http://ijreeonline.com/browse.php?a_code=A-10-274-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Dina Dabiri Dina Dabiri dinadabiri91@gmail.com 10031947532846001188 10031947532846001188 No Department of English Language Translation, Lahijan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Lahijan, Iran Department of English Language Translation, Lahijan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Lahijan, Iran Abbas Pourhosein Gilakjani Abbas Pourhosein Gilakjani abbas.pourhossein@yahoo.com 10031947532846001189 10031947532846001189 Yes Department of English Language Translation, Lahijan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Lahijan, Iran Department of English Language Translation, Lahijan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Lahijan, Iran