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The present study aimed at investigating the effect of brain-based learning (BBL) on developing some EFL speaking skills of secondary school students. The quasi-experimental design was adopted. An experimental group and a control group, of 25 students each were drawn randomly from Gamal Abdel Nasser secondary school for Girls in Zagazig, Egypt. The instrument of the study was an EFL speaking test. A selected group of BBL strategies was utilized to improve the speaking skills of the experimental group students for seven weeks. The students of the control group received regular instruction. By the end of the experimentation, the speaking test was administered to the experimental and control groups. The scores of the experimental group, control group, pre- and post-scores of the experimental group were analyzed. The results of the study indicated that 1-The experimental group surpassed the control in the post administrations of the EFL speaking test, 2- The experimental group showed a significant improvement in the post administrations of the speaking test than in the pre-administrations. Therefore, it could be concluded that brain-based learning had facilitated and accelerated the development of EFL speaking skills of secondary school students.

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