Students’ Attitudes towards Using Audiovisual Aids as a Tool to Improve Their EFL Oral Competence The Case of Second Year License Degree Students of English at “Abbes Laghrour University- Khenchela”
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2018
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UNIVERSITY OF ABBES LAGHROUR-KHENCHELA
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Recently, the Algerian University Educational System has witnessed extensive integration of
ICTs as computers, slide shows and videos and many others that have come of pervasive use
for enhancing the students' achievements. The present study aims to investigate students’
attitudes towards the implementation of audiovisual aids (AVAs) in teaching to enhance their
English speaking skill. The work conducted the descriptive method, based on the use of two
different questionnaires administered to both samples: sixty (60) second year LMD students
of English, and six (6) teachers of oral expression at Khenchela University. The purpose is to
investigate students’ and teachers’ points of view about the use of AVAs in teaching and
learning for increasing students’ abilities in speaking English. The data analysis indicated that
teachers and students were welcomed the use of audiovisual aids in teaching-learning
environments, and strongly confirmed the importance of these teaching tools in developing
the speaking skill.