The Attitude of Teachers and Students Toward the Role of Group Work Activities in Enhancing EFL Learners’ Motivation

Abstract

The current study aims at investigating the impact of group work activities on EFL learners‟ motivation. This study will require answers to the following questions; what are the activities used by teachers of oral expression? What are the group work activities used employed by teqchers in oral expression sessions? Do these activities enhance students‟ motivation to learn English?. On the basis of these questions it can be hypothesized that group work activities motivate students to learn. Data for analysis are collected through two questionnaires: one administered to students. These are forty third year undergraduate students of English language at Abdelhafidh Boussouf Mila. The other was given to ten teachers of Oral expression at the same university. Findings reveal that both students and teachers believe that group work activities are motivating. Students feel highly motivated when participating in cooperative activities because they enhance their fluency, pronunciation and performance in the use of English in an enjoyable way. This is because students become confident when they help each other solving the activities introduced to them. This study has provided further evidence in favor of applying cooperative language learning in EFL classrooms.