ERIC Number: EJ1166174
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018
Pages: 18
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Authentic Tasks to Foster Oral Production among English as a Foreign Language Learners
Ramírez Ortiz, Sandra Milena; Artunduaga Cuéllar, Marco Tulio
HOW, v25 n1 p51-68 Jan-Jun 2018
Attaining oral production is a challenge for most English language teachers because most of the strategies implemented in class do not engage students in speaking activities. Tasks are an optimal alternative to engage learners in communicative exchanges. This article presents the results of a qualitative action research study examining the effects of authentic tasks in oral production with a group of tenth graders in a public high school in the south of Colombia. Considering the conclusions of the study teachers are encouraged to use authentic tasks in the classroom to involve students in meaningful learning to foster oral production.
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Task Analysis, Communicative Competence (Languages), Qualitative Research, Action Research, Classroom Techniques, Class Activities, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods, Speech Communication, Oral English, Likert Scales, Foreign Countries, High School Students
ASOCOPI, the Colombian Association of Teachers of English. Cra 27 A #53-06, oficina 405, Bogota, Colombia. +57-2115018; Fax: +57-2115018. e-mail: asocopicolombia@gmail.com; Web site: https://www.howjournalcolombia.org/index.php/how
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Colombia
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