Students’ Perceptions towards the Use of Drama to Enhance The Speaking Skill The Case Study of Third Year EFL Learners at the University Centre of Mila

Abstract

Since English now is the lingua-franca all over the world, learning how to speak it fluently and accurately became certainly needed. In order to practise the speaking skill, learners of English as a foreign language tackle many obstacles due to its difficulty. Accordingly, teachers start pushing students to speak regardless of their difficulties and helping them minimizing these problems. In this regard, the current study attempts to investigate the role of applying drama techniques to enhance third year English as a foreign language students' oral performance at Mila University Centre. It aims to determine how drama techniques help in ameliorating learners’ speaking in addition to exploring students’ perceptions towards it. Therefore, a research question is raised: What are the attitudes of third year students at Abdelhafid Boussouf University Centre towards the use of drama in order to enhance the speaking skill? To obtain the necessary data for responding to the question, two questionnaires are held; one was distributed to oral expression teachers, and the other one went for the third year learners. The main research findings revealed that students speak better when they learn through drama techniques. In addition, this data denoted that drama techniques help to promote learners' speaking skill. Eventually, the research work proffered a variety of recommendations for pedagogy and future research