Teachers' And Students' Attitude Towards The Effectiveness Of Oral Presentations In Developing Efl Students' Autonomy In Learning

Résumé: It is believed that the traditional way of teaching is one of the problems which lead to the students' failure. Therefore, it is necessary for the teachers to apply new techniques in teaching to give learners the opportunity to control their learning by themselves. In fact, oral presentations are among such methods which can be useful in the EFL classroom. The present study aims at investigating teachers' and students' attitudes towards the effectiveness of using oral presentations in developing EFL students' autonomy in learning. Accordingly, we hypothesized that teachers and students would have positive attitudes towards the effectiveness of using oral presentations in enhancing students' autonomy in learning. In order to test our hypothesis, a descriptive method has been conducted; data were gathered through two questionnaires that have been administered to twenty-two (22) teachers and sixty (60) first-students of master at the department of English, University of Oum El Bouaghi, during the academic year 2015-2016. The results of the study indicate that majority of teachers (81, 82%) are aware about the importance of oral presentations for EFL learners. They mentioned that they often ask their students to prepare oral presentations. In addition, they believe that oral presentations are one of the most important activities which encourage EFL learners to take responsibility for their own learning, to develop their language skills, and to achieve a high degree of creativity and become autonomous. Furthermore, almost all students (93, 33%) believe that oral presentations give them the opportunity to understand the purpose of their learning program, to practice the language, and to become responsible for their learning. Accordingly, the findings drawn from this study have confirmed our hypothesis.

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