Abstract

AREVALO BALBOA, Fabiola  and  BRIESMASTER, Mark. “Claim - Support - Question” Routine to Foster Coherence Within Interactive Oral Communication Among EFL Students. profile [online]. 2018, vol.20, n.2, pp.143-160. ISSN 1657-0790.  https://doi.org/10.15446/profile.v20n2.63554.

This article reports on the results of an action research study that aimed to determine the effect of a thinking routine in the development of coherence in speaking interactions. The study was carried out with two groups of second year business students in an English as a foreign language program at a university in southern Chile. A mixed methods approach was used to collect data before and after the intervention through questionnaires and pre- and post-tests. The findings suggest that the impact of the application of the routine was significant in promoting the speaking competence, especially in developing coherence within interactive communication.

Keywords : Claim - support - question routine; coherence; discourse competence; interactive communication.

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