Investigating Motivational Techniques to Enhance the Speaking Skills .

Abstract

The English language has become globally recognized in almost every field, it has grown to be the lingua franca. This fact led to the increase in demand and urgent need of learning and teaching the language for the unique purpose of communication. However, speaking is one of the most challenging and tiresome skill. This research attempted to investigate the techniques of teaching the speaking skill in order to enhance the oral proficiency of EFL students. The main problem we have noticed is that students’ speaking skill was poor. Hence, we believe, that there are numerous ways through which teachers can help their students to enhance their speaking ability. Due to the difficulty of this skill, the learners found it rather challenging to master all the aspects of speaking and use them appropriately in different social contexts. We have adapted a descriptive methodology of research with regard to the requirements of the presents research work. The main threefold objectives were identifying the main problems which may prevent EFL learners from developing their speaking skill, discussing the role of the EFL teachers in teaching speaking in order to help the EFL learners overcome their hitches; and, finally, investigating the effective learning strategies and communicative activities that promote the oral proficiency. The current study was conducted with third year LMD learners, and the teachers of the English department at the Ibn Khaldoun University, Tiaret. The analysis of results revealed that the students were more aware and mindful about the importance of the speaking activities in enhancing their oral skill. From another perspective, EFL teachers were well aware and ready to use the communicative activities and acknowledge its’ importance. Finally, this extended essay ended up by providing some fruitful and efficient suggestions for both EFL learners and teachers to flourish and evolve in their learning process.