Résumé:
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.
