bachelorThesis
Influence of improvisation activities on the speaking skill of students
Fecha
2017Autor
Barrios Briones, José Luis
Arcos Moreno, Alex Rubén
Institución
Resumen
This research project was done in the city of Guayaquil considering the
students of eleventh grade at Vicente Rocafuerte School, where the
educational problem of insufficiency of the speaking skill was identified.
Students showed great difficulties at communicating in the English
language such as deficiencies in accuracy, fluency, and vocabulary which
added to shyness and little motivation resulted in passive, teacher-
centered lessons. Due to the little interaction among learners promoted by
the teacher and few meaningful activities that enhanced their oral
expression, students were not able to improve their speaking skill in an
effective way. In this investigation, it was implemented a field and
bibliographic research. This was described in the theoretical framework
which presents information about the variables of the investigation. The
methodological approach of this research can be considered qualitative
and quantitative. The observation guide, the interview, and the survey
applied to the teacher and students, were the instruments of investigation
that confirmed the insufficiency at the students‘ speaking skill. For the
exposed reasons, the proposal of the design of a booklet with
improvisation activities is important since it will develop the speaking skill
of the students. El objetivo principal de esta investigación es mejorar la capacidad de
hablar en los alumnos de undécimo grado de la Escuela Secundaria
Vicente Rocafuerte. Teniendo en cuenta que el proyecto se ocupa de la
enseñanza de una lengua extranjera, la investigación siguió a varios
autores que ayudaron a dirigir y mostraron una perspectiva científica
sobre cómo impulsar la interacción oral en clase. La razón de esta
investigación es aumentar y mantener una práctica de hablar constante
dentro y fuera del aula en un ambiente más significativo y vívido. Fue
necesario utilizar un enfoque de investigación cuantitativa y cualitativa
junto con
métodos teóricos, empíricos y estadísticos.
Los resultados y análisis a través de los diferentes instrumentos
aplicados como una entrevista, y una encuesta ayudaron a sugerir una
propuesta presentando actividades de improvisación