The Impact of Collaborative Learning and Teacher's Role in Improving the Speaking Skill: Case of First-Year EFL Students in the Department of English at Tlemcen

Abstract

English has become the first used language in different fields for different purposes in different parts of the world, and its importance cannot be denied anymore. This importance has affected the field of teaching and learning English as a foreign language too. So, EFL learners are willing to learn and enhance their level of English due to its universality. They are willing to use it for different objectives; learning, travelling, and communicating. Consequently, this research aims to provide evidence of how the teacher's role and the implementation of collaborative learning (CL) in Comprehension and Oral Expression (COE) sessions will help to enhance the EFL learners oral skills. To achieve this goal, a mixed method approach was adopted to collect quantitative and qualitative data through questionnaires distributed to the 1st year EFL students and COE teachers at the English department in the University of Tlemcen. The results showed to what extent the students feel at ease with the use of CL to develop their speaking skill and how teachers see that their role has an impact on their students’ speaking proficiency.