The Role Of Communication Games In Improving Student’s Speaking Skill

Résumé: Abstract: This study aims at investigating the role of communication games in ameliorating student’s speaking skills and to the extent to which it is necessary to integrate them in EFL classes, also to what extent their effectiveness for learners to improve their communicative competence. To accomplish the study’s objective successfully and to fulfil its validity and reliability, a mixed methods research was conducted through collecting both quantitative as well as qualitative data. In one hand, a questionnaire was administered to a randomly selected sample of (40) forty students of second year at the university of AbessLaghror, Khenchela University. The main objectives of this questionnaire is to investigate their familiarity to communication games, how these games can be used successfully as a teaching technique to improve EFL learners speaking ability, and to what extent they feel motivated when using them. In the other hand, an interview was conducted with five (05) experienced teachers in OralExpression module at the same University, in order to investigate teacher’s view- point towards the effectiveness of communication games on their learner’s motivation and their oral proficiency. The collected data were analysed quantitatively and qualitatively. The research findings revealed that communicative games are familiar to both EFL class’s teachers and learners, and both of them agree on the necessity of integrating communicative games in Oral Expression sessions in order to ameliorate and enhance students’ Oral Communicative skills. In addition to its effectiveness in motivating EFL learners and enhancing their speaking abilities. Therefore, it can be concluded that Communication Games are able to improve students’ speaking skills at the 2nd year grade at the University of Abbes Laghror, Khenchela.

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