Evaluating the Use of the IELTS Test to Develop the Speaking Skill in the Oral Production Module: Case of Third Year Students at Tlemcen University

Abstract

The present research attempts to investigate the use of the IELTS test in the oral production module at the university of Tlemcen , department of English ,case of third year EFL students. This study seeks to investigate whether implementing the IELTS test speaking part in the oral production module helped or hindered students‟ communicative development. To tackle such issue, two research instruments were employed, first Students‟ questionnaire and teacher interview. The researcher has collected both qualitative and quantitative data that helped to answer the research questions and hypotheses. .The researcher has discovered that implementing the IELTS test indeed , improved the communicative aspect of the target language as there was a difference between tests results obtained from first time introducing the test and after sitting for it several times .on the other hand ,this authentic language test has special classroom settings that need to be available for the adaptation of such teaching to take place.