Investigating EFL Learners’ Perceptions about the Characteristics of Input and the Way they Process it in order to Develop their Oral Fluency : Case Study : Master 1 EFL Students at the University Abderahmane Mira of Bejaia

Abstract

This research work as its title suggests; “Investigating EFL Learners’ perceptions about the Characteristics of Input and the Way they Process it in order to Develop Their Oral Fluency” seeks at investigating the possible characteristics of an EFL environment that hamper the natural development of EFL learners’ oral fluency. After the review of the literature, the aural input characteristics revealed to be at the center of our issue. Thus, questionnaires designed for students and teachers were conceived in order to investigate the aural input Master 1 EFL learners are exposed to in an EFL setting and the way they process it to develop oral fluency