5.2.4 Recommendations
to Learners
Like teachers, learners have a racetrack of recommendation to
follow in order to reach the common goal of pacticing group work activity.
Below is a recommendation racetrack to be followed by students to reach their
learning goal. They have to concentrate themselves and consider more the
critical aspect of the language by knowing that the goal of teaching and
learning such language is to be able to speak it.Learners should attend
regularly English sections and show motivation to the subject. More emphasis
must be put on speaking skill than writing.They must speak English in classroom
and even out. Learners must be free while answering the given question and not
be afraid of making mistakes in the process of learning the foreign language
Conclusion
The use of group work in classroom activities has shown its
usefulness in many fields of education. Many studies reported better learning
and improved level of understanding, while others found group work to be useful
in teaching communicative skills.The present study has dealt with the
relationship that exists between group work and its effect on the development
of students' oral production. Its main focus was to investigate about whether
the practice of group work technique in language learning classes can encourage
or motivate EFL students to perform well in language classroom context.The
implementation of group work' strategies and techniques on the field of
language learning isvery important and useful for the promotion of students'
participation in theEFL class for it creating a situation where students are
expected to assist peers, to discuss and exchange ideas with each other.
Focusing on the elements analyzed, the majority of the
students express their willingness to interact with peers so as to develop
their communicative skill. Teachers, as for them, agreed upon the idea that
group work is very motivating technique that helps the learners to develop
their communicative performance. The obtained data confirmed that there is a
close correlation between group work technique and the development of students'
speaking ability. It was also revealed that learners must be forced to interact
with peers in order to master the art of talking fluently which seems to be
difficult in the process of EFL learning, since learners who keep always silent
in the classroom will feel lack of words when they find themselves in
situations that require talking for interaction.
Group work helps students and teachers to bridge the gap
between input and output. In other words, students show what they have learned
by playing and using language with peers. They also have the chance to have a
small piece of reality in their classes by negotiating, turn-taking and
suggesting.
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