Praise-Speak Program Study Data: EFL Speaking Anxiety and Proficiency in China

Chinese college freshmen participated in a 16-week blended pedagogical intervention integrating appreciative education with AI-assisted oral training. The study, authored by Fangli Zhang and published on figshare in 2026, involved large-scale surveys (n=1,044) and a pilot intervention with 13 participants. Results showed statistically significant improvements in IELTS speaking scores and reductions in speaking anxiety.

Use Cases

• Analyze the relationship between pedagogical interventions and speaking anxiety reduction based on the pretest-posttest design.
• Study the mechanisms of technology-humanism synergy in language learning based on qualitative journal analysis.
• Benchmark IELTS speaking score improvements against blended learning frameworks based on the reported statistical results.
• Investigate the needs assessment for appreciative education in EFL contexts based on the survey of 209 students.

Strengths

• Study design includes both large-scale quantitative surveys (n=1,044 and n=209) and a detailed 16-week qualitative pilot.
• Results are supported by reported statistical significance (p=0.005 for IELTS scores, p<0.001 for anxiety).
• Data is openly licensed under CC-BY-4.0 for reuse.

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is a 45.1 KB PDF, indicating limited raw data scope, likely containing study summaries rather than primary datasets.
• Data may reflect geographic and institutional bias inherent to the single study context on figshare.

Provenance

Source

figshare, authored by Fangli Zhang.

Collection Method

Data was gathered via a two-phase mixed-methods design involving surveys and a 16-week pilot intervention with reflective journals.

Time Range

Study period covers a 16-week intervention; specific years are not provided.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-10 05:59:01; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Spatial coverage is China, focusing on Chinese college students.