Investigating the Effectiveness of Classroom Oral Presentations in Enhancing EFL Students’ Autonomy

Abstract

This research endeavors to inquire the effectiveness of Oral Presentations in enhancing EFL Students’ Autonomy. It primarily targets investigating teachers’ and students’ views and attitudes towards the topic in question. It attempts to assay the outcomes of Oral Presentations fulfilment into the EFL classrooms. It is hypothesized that teachers may have a positive attitudes towards the use of oral presentations in order to foster EFL students’ autonomy. To confirm the recent hypothesis, the study adopts a set of research methods that employ the descriptive method by means of teachers’ structured interviews, and classroom exploratory observations. The mentioned tools allow for the attainment of qualitative and quantitative data. The present investigation consists of ten (10) Third Year License and Master One EFL students, and four (4) teachers at the Department of English, 08 Mai 1945 University, Guelma. The results demonstrate that the implementation that the implementation of the required quantity and quality manner of oral presentations in EFL classrooms enhances students’ autonomy