Developing Speaking Skills Through Speaking - Guided Workshops

Authors

  • Fredy Alonso Dueñas Macías
  • Denis Xiomara Cardozo Becerra
  • Carlos Manuel Peña Ibarra

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.19053/2011835X.5434

Keywords:

Speaking-oriented workshops, speaking skill development, puppets as interaction strategy in the EFL classroom, cooperative learning.

Abstract

This paper aims to share the results of a small-scale research project, focused on developing speaking skills through the implementation of speaking-oriented workshops. The workshops incorporated the use of puppets as an interaction strategy and were based on “healthy lifestyles”, a cross-curricular project developed in the school. This project was carried out with a group of fourth graders in a Colombian public school in Tunja, Boyacá. A field diary, video recordings, interviews and workshops were used to gather information in this action research study. Findings revealed that through the use of these workshops students became more confident and developed their speaking skills while enhancing their cooperative learning abilities

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Published

2016-09-21

How to Cite

Dueñas Macías, F. A., Cardozo Becerra, D. X., & Peña Ibarra, C. M. (2016). Developing Speaking Skills Through Speaking - Guided Workshops. Enletawa Journal, 8(2). https://doi.org/10.19053/2011835X.5434

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