Enhancing English Language Students’ Speaking Skill Through Overcoming Anxiety. The Case of First Year Students in the Department of English at Mouloud Mammeri University of Tizi-ouzou.
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septembe 2016
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Mouloud Mammeri University of Tizi-Ouzou
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The present study investigates the issue of foreign language speaking anxiety in the
department of English at Mouloud Mammeri University of Tizi Ouzoou. It aims to realize
two main objectives. First, it aims to explain the causes that lead to students’ foreign
language speech anxiety and hinder their speaking performance. Second, it aims to
investigate the effective strategies that teachers and learners can use in order to decrease
anxiety and enhance students’ foreign language speaking performance. To achieve this
purpose we rely on Horwitz et al theory (1986). Besides, this study relies on two main data
gathering tools: a questionnaire and an interview. The former is administered to seventyseven
first year students of English at MMUTO. The latter is conducted with six teachers
of oral expression from the department of English at MMUTO. The findings of the study
illustrate that most foreign language students tend to be anxious in speaking situations
more than the other situations like listening, reading and writing. There are different
factors that lead to students’ foreign language speaking anxiety which hurdle their learning
and their speaking performance.
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58p.;30cm.(+cd)
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Sémiotique Sociale et Linguistique Appliquée