Abstract

GUTIERREZ GUTIERREZ, Dorelly. Developing Oral Skills through Communicative and Interactive Tasks. profile [online]. 2005, n.6, pp.83-96. ISSN 1657-0790.

This article describes a research project carried out with a group of ninth grade students at the Institución Educativa Distrital Britalia, in Bogotá. The starting point was a needs analysis which revealed the lack of practice regarding speaking skills. Three interactive tasks, a free conversational activity, and basic oral defenses were designed and implemented. Direct observation, videos and audiotapes provided evidence of the improvement of students’ oral communication. The changes in the pedagogical practice, in the role of the teacher, in the syllabus design and in learners’ attitudes towards their learning process were recorded as the main results of the action research project.

Keywords : Oral communication; interactive tasks; task-based learning.

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