The Importance of Interaction in Enhancing Students,Speaking Skill in EFL Oral Expression Classroom

Abstract

The adopted hypothesis states that students are likely to enhance their speaking ability if the degree of interaction inside the classroom is raised. Thus, the current study attempts at investigating the importance of classroom interaction with its both types(teacher- student interaction and student- student interaction ),in the improvement of the learner’s oral production, since the fundamental aim of learning any foreign language is to use it in communication. Moreover, this piece of work introduces the concept of the speaking skill and its importance in teaching English as a foreign language. Then, it sheds light on the existing relationship between teaching speaking and classroom interaction. The paper’s main focus is on the effectiveness of classroom interaction as a pedagogical strategy in developing the learners’ speaking skill. The earlier stated hypothesis has been investigated through the analysis of the required data gathered from the classroom observation as well as the students’ questionnaire that have been conducted with third year LMD students of English at Mila University center, and the teachers’ interview which has been conducted with the oral expression teachers. The obtained findings have shown that the enhancement of the speaking skill should be accompanied with classroom interaction because it is really an effective pedagogical tool for increasing and fostering learners’ participation. On the basis of these findings, some recommendations have been proposed to help students overcome their difficulties in the speaking skill, and others to help teachers in their way of teaching the oral skills.