Investigating the importance of cooperative language learning on developing EFL learner's oral fluency
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2014
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university of Oum-El-Bouaghi
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Speaking is considered as the most important skill that students need to master since the main aim behind learning a foreign language is to speak it fluently; however, most of them are considered as none fluent speakers since they still hesitate, pause for a long time, and their speech is characterized by redundancy. The present study aims at identifying both students' and teachers' perceptions of cooperative Language learning. This study aims also at determining the role of this strategy in enhancing the students' oral fluency. The basic hypothesis adopted in this study sets out that students' oral fluency would be developed through the application of cooperative learning. In order to verify the validity of the stated hypothesis, a descriptive method was applied in which two main questionnaires have been designed. So? the data were gathered from a questionnaire administered to seventy (70) third year LMD students of english department. The participants were randomly chosen in the second semester of the academic year 2013/ 2014 at Larbi Ben M'Hidi university, Oum-El-Bouaghi. Moreover, the data were gathered from another questionnaire administered to twenty three (23) teachers who have the experience of teaching to get valid information. On the basis of data gathered from both questionnaires, the stated hypothesis is confirmed. That is to say cooperative language learning has a positive influence and therefore a crucial role in enhancing students' oral fluency.
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Teaching : english : EFL : oral fluency