Abstract

ORTIZ NEIRA, Ramón Antonio. The Impact of Information Gap Activities on Young EFL Learners’ Oral Fluency. profile [online]. 2019, vol.21, n.2, pp.113-125. ISSN 1657-0790.  https://doi.org/10.15446/profile.v21n2.73385.

This study adopted a mixed method approach with an action research design. The aim was to determine the impact of information gap activities on young English as a foreign language learners’ oral fluency. Information gap activities were based on the communicative approach as well as on task-based learning. Twenty-three eighth graders participated in this action research. The students were immersed in a multicultural and at-risk context in a public high school in southern Chile. Their English-speaking level fluctuated between A1 and A2. The technique was applied over the course of a semester (ten weeks). Data were collected by applying a pre-test, post-test, and focus group questionnaire. Results suggest an improvement in oral fluency and a positive perception of the technique used during the intervention.

Keywords : Attitudes in English as a foreign language; English as a foreign language; information gap activities; young learners; oral fluency.

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