Enhancing EFL learners’ Oral Aural skills through language laboratory facilities

Abstract

The lack of using language laboratories effect on teaching and learning English oral aural skills. This study aims at determining the relationship between language labs and the ways of teaching English oral aural skills. Three subject groups represent different situations were selected for investigation. Two instruments for data collection and statistical analysis to gain results were used. These instruments are tests and questionnaires. Certain procedures were followed in applying the questionnaire and conducting the oral aural tests. The two scales of reliability and validity of the tests were used to achieve consistent answers. The above instruments helped draw significant findings. These findings proved the importance of enhancing EFL learners’ oral aural skills through language laboratories facilities and explained the relationship among language laboratoriesand the effective ways of teaching English oral aural skills.Also the study emphasized that most of pronunciation difficulties can be solved by teaching listening skill through effective instruments such as language labs