Investigating the Role of Reading in Enhancing Learners’ Speaking skills.

Abstract

The current study examines the role of reading in enhancing the EFL learners ‘speaking skill .The aim behind this study is to investigate the efficiency of reading in developing learners’ enrichment of vocabulary that help him to speak fluently .In order to fulfil this target ; a case study have chosen and was conducted at the department of English at Ibn Khaldoun university of Tiaret ,a questionnaire was assigned to fifteen (50) EFL learners and another one administered to ten (10) EFL teachers .The results of this investigation answered our questionnaire and proved the depth of the relationship between reading and speaking .The findings of this research confirmed that teachers should teach learners how to speak through organizing discussions, debates ,giving them pieces of pieces of texts to read them ,ask them questions to answer that surely will help them to develop their speaking .Moreover ,it emphasised the acquisition of new vocabulary through reading ,which in turn revives the love to discover new terms ,new language and speech .The reading of novels and story would necessarily involve learners’ reading and speaking capacities.