Incorporating English Idioms in Oral Expression Sessions for Fostering First Year Licence Students‟ Speaking Skill: A Case Study at the Department of English Language, University of Ghardaia

I The oral expression module has had great importance in the study of English language in the Department of English language at University of Ghardaia. Teachers are doing their best to help students develop their speaking skill through the suggestion of a number of topics to be learnt and discussed. Nonetheless, the first two years, namely first year Licence (L1) and second year Licence (L2) require much care and involvement on the part of teachers as well as the students. Suggesting topics to be discussed throughout the academic years of Licence is applied to first year Licence students who are, in the majority of cases, not equipped with the tools that assist them in fostering their speaking skill. One of the tools that fosters the students‟ speaking skill is the use of idioms, for native speakers heavily use them in their daily life conversations. The aim of this paper is to shed light on the importance of incorporating English idioms in the Oral Expression sessions for fostering first year Licence students‟ speaking skill. To this end, this study is based on semi-structured interviews conducted with seven part-time teachers at the Department of English language at University of Ghardaia. The findings were analysed qualitatively and revealed that the great majority of the participants do not incorporate English idioms in the Oral Expression sessions. Finally, some recommendations were suggested.