Enhancing EFL Learners’ Social Skills Through the Use of Cooperative Learning: The Case of the Middle School in Tizi-Ouzou.
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2020-12
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UNIVERSITE MOULOUD MAMMERI TIZI-OUZOU
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The present dissertation attempts to investigate whether social skills are enhanced during 4th MS learners classes, and it tests the effectiveness of cooperative learning techniques to develop some or the majority of these skills. It uses Johnson and Johnson (1989) Social Interdependence theory. To collect data twenty questionnaires were administered to fourth year middle school EFL teachers, and classroom observations were attended with five teachers in the ‘Province’ of Draa Ben Khedda. The selected schools are Ben Remdani Sadia Tadmait (Tizi-Ouzou), EL-Chouhada Tadmait, (Tizi-Ouzou), Ferhat Ben Safi Tadmait (Tizi-Ouzou) Ait kharcha Mohamed El-Boukhari Draa Ben Khedda (Tizi-Ouzou), and Les Quatre Frères Rayah Draa Ben Khedda (Tizi-Ouzou). In order to analyze and interpret the collected data, we selected the mixed methods of research involving a combination of a quantitative and a qualitative method. The quantitative method helps to obtain statistical data and the qualitative method is used to bring information about the investigation. The sake of describing the quantifiable data gathered through the questionnaire we adopt the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) procedure and the Qualitative Content Analysis (QCA) in order to interpret the information collected from the checklist, and the open-ended questions of the questionnaire. The findings revealed that cooperative learning implementation by instructors during classroom activities enhances the learners’ social skills because they feel at ease and in a relaxing environment when they work together, and cooperation between them is shyness relieving technique. As a conclusion to the overall findings, enhancing social skills components during classes is a crucial effective process within EFL classrooms and the implementation of cooperative learning techniques and strategies to enhance and develop them is prerequisite.
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Applied Linguistics and Social Semiotics