Developing EFL Learners Oral Proficiency Through the Use of Role Techniquem;Perspectives on the Issue.

Abstract

The present study is intended to investigate teachers’ and students’ attitudes towards the use of role play technique in developing students’ oralproficiency at the department of English, at Guelma University. Speaking is considered as a crucial skill that needs attention and interest among learners and teachers as well, as English language students still face difficulties while speaking and with different causes. In to explore the issue of this work, two different questionnaires were administered to eighty studentsof first year License and fifteen teachers of oral expression module. The analysis of the results from the two questionnaires demonstrated that both teachers and students showedpositive attitudes towards the significance of role play technique not only in developing their students’ oral proficiency, but also in raising their self-confidence, practicing the language as in real world context, and in reducing their reluctance to speak. Accordingly, itis recommended to intensively use role play technique and other similar types of activities to reach the aim of speaking clear, accurate and fluent language.