A Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the requirements for Award of the Degree "Licencié en Pédagogie Appliquée, Agrégé d'Enseignement Secondaire en Anglais".

Résumé,

In recent years, in the field of teaching and learning English language, researches have been carried out and more are still being done in order to improve the teaching of English in primary schools. However, as a foreign language, no favourable external conditions exist for English to be learned and taught effectively. This state of affairs has put a serous obstacle on the way of both the teachers and learners.

This work titled "THE CONTRIBUTION OF GAMES AND ROLE-PLAY IN THE TEACHING OF THE ENGLISH SPEAKING SKILL IN SOME SELECTED PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN RUYIGI PROVINCE AND BUJUMBURA CITY" deals with a field that has been explored by a number of researchers at different levels. Among the works already accomplished are Christine Ngaruko's "Teaching English through games and songs in junior stage of Burundi secondary schools", Floride Bahenda's "Evaluation of the speaking skill in Bujumbura Private Primary schools : the case 5th Form year Pupils".

To add to these efforts, the present work explores the issue of using games and the role-plays in the teaching of English speaking skill in primary school. A king of teaching appropriate to young pupils is needed. Young pupils require special help from their teachers, that is why teachers face a great challenge in achieving success in the teaching-learning process at this level.

This work consists of five chapters : chapter one deals with the presentation of the problem. It includes statement of the problem, a delimitation of the study, the scope and motivation. Chapter two deals with the literature review in which some authors discussing of theories about teaching the speaking skill to children are reviewed.

Chapter three deals with the methodology, this chapter includes the description of the research area, population and sampling methods. It also describes the data collection techniques and the data analysis procedures.
Chapter four is concerned with the presentation, analysis and interpretation of the data from questionnaires teachers'. The questionnaire is subdivided into themes, mainly the teaching methods, content, speaking activities, and suggestions. In addition to these, the questionnaire contains a theme concerning their training and years of experience. Lastly, chapter five deals with the general conclusion and some recommendations.