Learners' Perceptions towards Using Cooperative Learning in Oral Sessions : The Case of Third Year LMD Students of English at Abderrahmane Mira University of Béjaia

Abstract

The present research is an endeavour to find out how EFL students perceive Cooperative Learning use in oral sessions and how do they think it affects their interaction as well as their oral production. We hypothesised that if third year LSD students possess positive perceptions towards Cooperative Learning use during oral sessions in their EFL classes, this will facilitate the production of more output and will give more opportunities to interact. In a trial to confirm our hypothesis, we resort to the use of a Questionnaire as a tool to collect data. We worked on 150 EFL students at Abderrahmane Mira University of Bejaia. Descriptive and arithmetic analyses were used as methods of data analysis. Results showed that students have positive perceptions towards using Cooperative Learning in oral sessions. They revealed that students appreciate the idea of using Cooperative Learning in oral sessions and claim its benefits on them. Hence, most of third year LSD students suggest working cooperatively in all the modules and acknowledging the fact that it gives them more opportunities to interact; they feel motivated to speak and take part in class discussion. Accordingly, our research hypothesis is validated.