Enhancing students’ speaking skill through Role play and group discussion
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2019
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University Of Oum El Bouaghi
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Speaking is one of the most challenging and difficult skills among the four skills. Many problems facing students when speaking the language are due to many constraints including; lack of self-confidence; self-esteem; anxiety and shyness. We believe that there are a number of ways through which teachers can help their students to improve their speaking ability. One of these is the use communicative activities that help students to overcome their anxiety and shyness and promote their speaking ability. The present study aims to investigate the impact of using role-play and group discussion on improving students' speaking production in english as foreign language classes. It is based on the hypothesis that if role-play and group discussion activities are used in oral expression classes, students' communicative abilities will significantly be enhanced. The method used in this research is descriptive. It aims to describe communicative activities ( role play and group discussion) as the independent variable, and their benefits in developing learners' speaking skill as the dependent variable. To carry out this research and confirm or refute our hypothesis, we have been administered a questionnaire to first year LMD students in the English Department of EL ARBI BEN MHIDI University . The findings obtained from this research provide evidence that role play and group discussion are the adequate technique for developing students' speaking skill. The main conclusion drawn from this study has shown that using role play and group discussion, has a great impact on developing students' self-confidence and reducing their classroom anxiety and inhibition. Finally, this study recommended some suggestions for teachers to implement those techniques effectively and others for students that may help them to improve their speaking skill.
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Speaking skill, Communicative activitie, Group discussion