Promoting Spoken Interactive Communication in Workshops at A2+-B1 CEFR Level

Abstract

This research study describes the results of implementing workshops that focus on spoken interactive communication and their impact upon the learning experience of a group of students at A2+ - B1 level at a private language institute in Villavicencio, Meta. The pedagogical implementation consisted of nine workshops carried out over two cycles of action research, and the data was collected through voice and video recordings, teacher journals, and students’ Self-assessments. The findings suggest the implementation influenced the students’ learning experience in the sense that interactive communication was used as a model of language use; the students started to use interaction strategies for effective communication; and both teacher and students used L1 to compensate for communication and learning gaps in interactions.