The Combination of Group Work Activities and Classroom Management Techniques to Promote Students’ Learning of English: the case of 2nd year Learners in Secondary School
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Date
2018
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Université Mouloud Mammeri Tizi Ouzou
Abstract
This research investigates the use of classroom management techniques (CMT) to involve 2nd
year learners in group work activities (GWA) in two secondary schools of Tizi-ouzou: Sahoui
Aldjia in Azazga and Brothers’ Hamdi in Yakouren. It aims at accentuating the importance of
GWA under an effective CM to enhance students’ learning in English foreign language (EFL)
classes. It also seeks to know the students’ attitudes towards the combination of CMT and
GWA. The research is based on Stevens Robert, J and Slavin Robert, E’s (1995) essential
conditions of cooperative learning as well as the three major components of classroom
management (CM) included in Carol Cummings’ (2000) Winning Strategies for Classroom
Management. It is based on the mixed method approach. It integrates a questionnaire
directed to 2nd year learners and an interview to their teachers. The study has used SPSS to
analyze the quantitative data gathered from the close-ended questions of the questionnaires,
and the QCA to interpret the qualitative data obtained from the open-ended questions of the
questionnaire and the interview conducted with six (6) teachers. The results of the
investigation indicate that the teachers use GWA to involve Students actively in the learning
process as they become motivated and have positive attitudes towards this method. In fact,
teachers are aware of the importance of CM to set up effective GWA. This is why they
generally use some CMT to establish an appropriate learning environment. On the basis of
these findings, it is concluded that GWA, especially when combined with CMT, is a very
important method to make learners practice English and increase their levels of EFL
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30cm ; 58p.
Keywords
Classroom Management, Classroom Management Techniques, Group Work Activities.
Citation
Didactiques des Langues Étrangéres