Résumé:
The present research inquiries about teachers’ and students’ perceptions towards the influence
of online video games on foreign language learners’ speaking abilities. Hence, it assumes that
there are either positive or negative attitudes among both students and teachers about the
relationship between the use of online video games and speaking skill improvement. In order
to achieve the research objective and to test the research hypothesis, the qualitative method
has been used. Additionally, data about teachers’ and students’ views and perspectives has
been collected using two questionnaires; the first one was administered with forty (40) first
year students who are enrolled in the department of English, University of 8 Mai 1945,
Guelma, Algeria; while the second questionnaire has been conducted electronically via
Google Forms with sixteen (16) teachers who teach in the same department. The results
obtained showed that the majority of teachers and students hold positive attitudes towards the
implementation of video games in order to develop learners’ oral proficiency. Therefore, it is
recommended to use them and encourage more teachers and students to explore this new
teaching method.
