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UNIVERSITE
D'ABOMEY-CALAVI (UAC)
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FACULTES DES LETTRES, LANGUES, ARTS ET
COMMUNICATION (FLLAC)
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DEPARTEMENT D'ANGLAIS
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Option: Didactique de la Langue
Anglaise
Mémoire de Licence Es-Lettre
TOPIC :
EXPLORING THE IMPACTS OF GROUP WORK ON EFL LEARNERS'
SPEAKING PERFORMANCE IN BENIN: THE CASE STUDY OF CEG SODOHOME IN THE REGION OF
ZOU
Presenté par: Sous la supervision
de:
Joël Aïkpe Dr. Pédro Marius
Egounleti
Maître Assistant (CAMES) de
Didactique de la Langue Anglaise
AnnéeAcadémique: 2021-2022
Dedication
I dedicate my thesis to the Almighty God, the most meciful,
most gracious, the whole universe creator.
Ackowledgements
I praise Almighty God in the realization of this research work
for his generous blessings. He is the only one who has given me health and
looked after me spiritually and always has given me all things I need in my
studies.
I would like to address my sincere acknowledgements to my
supervisors Dr. Marius PédroEgounleti, who, despite his multiple
preoccupations, has accepted to supervise this research work with a great
success. May the Almighty God bless you and your family, and grant you
whatever you need to achieve success in your daily life.
I would like to extend my special thanks to all lecturers
and professors at the University of Abomey-Calavi who led me from the first
year to third, through their content advice and encouragement; I would like to
name: Dr. Ulrich O. SènaHindeme, the current head of English department;
Dr. Ashani Michel Dossoumou; Dr. Etienne Iwikotan; Dr. EvaristeKottin; Dr.
MartinienToboula; and all the lecturers whose I forgot to mention the names
here.
My sincere gratitude goes to my dear parents: Aïkpe Jean
and Mrs. SogloEliane, who have done their duties to send me to school to learn,
to study in order to become somebody and autonomous.
I would like to express my gratitude to my dear
brothers:AïkpeHodonouHénock, AdogoAnicet, DjedjiHouénoussou
Serge and my dear friend AglissiSèmêvo Alexandre.
I sincerely would like to express my gratitude to all my
teachers and lecturers from my first day school until now without exception for
instructing me.
I address also my deepest gratitude to the headmaster of CEG
Sodohomè, Mr. Thomas K. Tabé and all the English teachers of the
same college, particularly Mr. David Litchégbé and Mr.
GédéonMadjro.
I thank all persons who help me in my study and those who
contributed to this research.
List of Acronyms
CCL: Cooperative
Language Learning
EFL:English as a
Foreign Language
ESL: English as a Second
Language
CAPES: Certificat d'Aptitude
au Professorat de l'Enseignement
Secondaire
BAPES: Brevet d'Aptitude au
Professorat de l'Enseignement
Secondaire
CEG: Collège
d'EnseignementSecondaire
Summary
Group work is a teaching method that has impacts on students'
speaking ability. The main purpose of this study is to explore the possible
effects of group work on English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners' speaking
performance in Benin. To achieve this objective, data were gathered through
questionnaires to one hundred and twenty (120) EFL learners and four (04) EFL
teachers of CEG Sodohomè in Zou region were involved. Not only
questionnaires but I also obtained data through interviews and class
observation. The results have shown that group work is one of the effective and
appropriate techniques for developing and improving students' language use and
encourage their oral participation in classroom which in turn affects their
communicative competence. The discussion of the results has shown that group
work when it is well structured has the potential to motivate, to increase and
to improve students' speaking capacity. An ideal EFL teacher should motivate
all the members of the group to participate well on the task in order to
benefit the advantages of group work on their speaking ability.
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