The English language is taught as early as the preschool stage and regarded as the second language in Malaysia. However, there are still students who are struggling to utter proper sentences when they reached Year 6. Thus, this action research aims to identify the effectiveness of implementing Communicative Language Teaching activities such as real-world situations role-play, peer interview, information gap filling, and other group/pair works in developing spoken interaction among primary school students. 8 low achievers of the Year 2 ESL students from a rural school in Sarawak are selected as the participants. The data is collected through pre-test and post-test, classroom observation and semi-structured interviews. The findings have shown that most of the students responded positively towards the implementation of the CLT activities and the spoken interaction in English among them has progressed significantly. Further research on this topic could include more students from other schools of various language proficiency to increase the reliability and validity of the research.
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