The Use of ICTs to Enhance EFL Learners’ Oral Language Proficiency: The Case of First-Year LMD Students at Tlemcen University

Abstract

The main value of this research study is to emphasize the tremendous and important role of ICTs in enhancing EFL learners’ speaking skill. In addition, it tries to help them express their ideas and communicate in the target language. But, first year students find that learning oral production characterize a very difficult task for them. So through using ICTs, the value of oral production courses will be improved. This investigation was carried out at Abou Bekr Belkaid –Tlemcen University in the Department of English. It aimed at wether confirming or rejecting the hypotheses that ICT has a significant impact on teaching oral production which effects in improving students’ oral language proficiency. The findings revealed the positive opinions of both the EFL teachers and students about the usefulness of using ICT as a teaching tool. Results have shown how helpful and advantageous were those equipments to the teacher and to the progress of the students in learning English and developing their oral performance. Whereas, the researcher started first by dealing with a general overview of using ICT as a new pedagogical tool in teaching/learning process in the EFL classes, in the second chapter ;the investigator provide a detailed description of implementing technological equipments in Algerian Education, the research methodology, sample population and the research instruments that are utilized in the study. Moreover, it reviewed the analysis of data obtained from teachers’ interview and students’ questionnaire, then a full discussion as well as interpretation of the major results. Finally, in the last chapter, the examiner proposed some suggestions and recommendations related to the significance of applying ICTs as a teaching method in progressing EFL learners’ abilities. To sum up, this research dissertation has led to conclude that EFL teachers should teach by not only traditional ways but also through the use of ICTs inside the classroom. Then, it will access to increase the language activities and develop the students’ participation during the oral production lectures which give them the opportunity to be in touch with native speakers out of Algeria. Therefore, the integration of ICTs in the classroom is a necessity and EFL teachers of oral expression are supposed to be aware of the use of these techniques to achieve successful teaching