Ali Morshedi Tonekaboni - Young Researchers and Elite Club, Tonekabon Branch, Islamic Azad University Tonekabon, Iran,

This study was conducted to examine the effect of English speaking environment on increasing the speaking accuracy of Iranian pre- intermediate EFL learners. The benefits of instruction on learners' production and awareness of speaking proficiency has been investigated. The subjects of this study were 45 pre-intermediate EFL learners aged within the range of 10 to 13 years. The sample was comprised of 23 female learners studying at Golha bilingual (Persian- English) private school and 22 girls who are studying at Sama monolingual (Persian) governmental in Tonekabon, Iran. They were learning English in an EFL context. The data were collected using a set of interview questions. The data then were rated using two experts. In order to analyze the data t-test was performed with mean level of students' scores as dependent variable and instruction as a grouping variable. The findings revealed that Iranian EFL learners performed better in experimental group.

English speaking environment, EFL learners, speaking accuracy