The Role of Games in Developing Learners’ Speaking Skill: The case of Assalas and Ithri Private Primary Schools in Tizi –Ouzou.
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Date
2018
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Université Mouloud Mammeri Tizi Ouzou
Abstract
The study is mainly concerned with the role of games in developing learners’ speaking skill
in private primary schools. It investigates whether games are used and it attempts to determine
the extent to which games increase learners’ learning motivation. It also attempts to investigate
the way games encourage learners’ interaction and communication. The experiment is
conducted in two private primary schools in Tizi Ouzou (Assales school and Ithri school). The
study relies on two different frameworks; game-based learning approach and social
constructivism theory of learning. It adopts the mixed-methods approach. Thus, an interview
was conducted with two teachers and a questionnaire has been distributed to sixty seven pupils.
The data analysis is based on statistical tools to clear up numerical data along with qualitative
content analysis (QCA) for the interpretation and explanation of the results. According to the
obtained results, it is concluded that games motivate learners to a high extent. The results also
reveal that games provide learners with opportunities to interact and communicate, and
develop their speaking skill as a result of learning through experience. The findings that are
obtained through this investigation will pave the way to further researches in this area of study.
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30cm ; 73p.
Keywords
games, learners’ motivation, learners’ interaction and communication, learning through experience.
Citation
Langage et Communication.