Publicación:

Propuesta para el fortalecimiento de la producción oral en inglés en estudiantes de secundaria mediante actividades extracurriculares

Resumen

This research describes and determines the way in which extracurricular activities benefits the oral production in English of students in a Colombian public educational institution. A teacher with a degree in Spanish and English, who works in the public sector and 35 students voluntarily participated in this study by answering a semi-structured interview, two surveys, and an oral test to collect information. This research has a critical-social and action-research approach, because, as stated by Gutiérrez (2014), this approach focuses its interest on change and social transformation in the classroom. Likewise, action research allows dealing with a specific problem and population that requires a solution. Therefore, the data of this study were analyzed in a mixed way through content analysis and tabulation of responses. The results reveal that the students do not have self-confidence or motivation towards English, which does not allow the abilities they have. Likewise, extracurricular activities allow creating a pleasant and comfortable space, where students should only focus on strengthening their oral production in English as a foreign language.