Résumé:
This study aims to investigate teachers/ students’ attitudes towards using thematic
activities in developing the communicative skill (speaking) in EFL classrooms.
Accordingly, the present dissertation hypothesizes that teachers of Oral Expression at
the University of Tebessa hold positive attitudes towards using thematic activities and
students of English at the University of Tebessa hold positive attitudes towards using
thematic activities. To achieve the aim of this study, two questionnaires are
administered to both oral expression teachers and First Year LMD students, at the
department of English, at the University of Al-Arbi Tebessi, Tebessa. The results of
this study show that using thematic activities/approach helps EFL students to develop
their speaking skill and also motivates them to practise the English language outside
the classroom. Moreover, it is clearly noticed that the teachers and the students who
took part in this research hold positive attitudes towards implementing thematic
activities in teaching/ learning English as a foreign language. In other words, the
findings of the two questionnaires confirm the hypothesis of the present research.
Therefore, the authors of this dissertation highly recommend the use of thematic
activities in EFL classes.
