The Use of Movies and Songs to Enhance the Speaking Skill: The Case of First Year EFL Students at Ibn Khaldoun University of Tiaret

Abstract

Several studies have dealt with the powerful impact of movies and songs in teaching the speaking skill. Thus, the purpose of this study is to findout whether the use of songs and movies in EFL classroom helps in enhancing the students’ speaking skill in oral classes. This investigationtook place in the department of English at Ibn Khaldoun University. It deals with the case of first year EFL students at the above mentioned University. The participants were fiftystudents and ten teachers of English. Moreover, the researchers relied on three research instruments, namely, two questionnaires anda classroom observation. The collected data was analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively. To this vein, the results obtained from the collected data indicate that most of the EFL learners want to master the speaking skill instead of other language skills. In this respect, songs and movies can extremely help them to realize this. They affirmed that songs and movies are beneficial and helpful tools for learning vocabulary and improving pronunciation. In addition to that the teachers were also mindful of the advantages of these materials in the EFL classroom. Yet, the lack of time, classroomequipment, and students’ control are the main factors that prevent them from using these materials in their oral classes.