Investigating the EFL teachers' and students' attitude towards the implicite effect of project-based learning on students speaking skill
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2015
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university of Oum-El-Bouaghi
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Oral communication is vital because it provides a basis for growth in reading, writing and listening activities. However many ESL students especially at university level are reluctant to speak in english and this may be due to the fact that many of them are quite weak in the skill and they lack the opportunities to participate in english - based activities that provide them a chance to practice speaking in the language, especially in authentic situations-. One way to achieve this aim is to implement Project-based learning that allows the student to practice and enhance their speaking skill in an authentic situation. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate EFL learners' attitude towards the impact of PBL on their speaking skill. The research was carried out in 2014-2015 education-instruction year at Larbi Ben M'Hidi university in Oum-El-Baoughi, Algeria. The descriptive method has been adopted through the use of two questionnaires: one for third year level students and another for teachers. The questionnaires were analyzed and compared. The results of both questionnaires show that PBL is an efficient technique for enhancing the students' speaking skill. In the light of these results, our questions and hypothesizes are confirmed in that students need to be provided with this technique because it encourages them to develop the speaking skill, and it creates suitable situations where they can use and exchange the language freely, and without hesitation.
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Enseignement langue (anglais) : EFL