The Impact Of Cooperative Learning In Developing Efl Students’ Speaking Performance: Case Of Third Year Efl Students At The University Of Tlemcen

Résumé: The role of English as a foreign language cannot be denied. It became a part of every sector of life as a lingua franca even in those countries where English is not their official language. This affected the field of foreign language learning and teaching. EFL students are learning the language and at the same time they willing to enhance it. Therefore, students of EFL are in continuous investigations for best ways that can help them to develop their speaking skill, as a results of many studies CLL has come to the scene as a helpful technique that gives the students the opportunity to develop their oral production. The present study aims at discovering the impact of CL in developing EFL students’ speaking proficiency. A case study was conducted as a research in the department of English University of Tlemcen. The data gathered from students’ questionnaire and teachers’ interview were analyzed using both quantitative and qualitative approaches. The results obtained from the analysis show clearly that students are willing to develop their speaking skill, also confirmed the stated hypothesis which is if the teachers create better interaction between students will lead them to use the target language inside the classroom beside that they will discover their speaking errors and will try to improve that in the future.

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