Action Research: Fostering Students’ Oral Production in the EFL Class

Revista de Lenguas Modernas

Olmedo Bula Villalobos¹ 

[1] Universidad Estatal a Distancia (UNED) Costa Rica;

关键词: speaking;    oral production;    teaching;    activities;    EFL;   

DOI  :  10.15517/rlm.v0i23.22357

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Speaking is a remarkable feature of human beings. People speak on a daily basis in order to communicate and exchange meaningful information. Therefore, the development of such ability in L2 students becomes very important. This study reflects upon the experience of using three speaking activities: 1- a role-play, 2- an interview and 3- speaking workstations to foster students’ oral production in the EFL class (English as a Foreign Language). Ad- ditionally, the methodology and the action plan are addressed. Facilitated by action research, this study reports on the use and subtleties of these speaking activities. The effectiveness and implementation of these activities are also discussed in this paper. The relevance of these activities to the teaching of speaking constitutes one of the main findings of this paper. Finally, this research project was especially useful as it heightened awareness of the re- searcher’s teaching beliefs.

【 授权许可】

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