ERIC Number: EJ1051589
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011-Oct
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-1657-0790
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Exploring Knowledge of English Speaking Strategies in 8th and 12th Graders (Exploración del conocimiento de las estrategias de expresión oral en inglés en estudiantes de los grados octavo y doceavo)
Diaz Larenas, Claudio
PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, v13 n2 p85-98 Oct 2011
This article presents a research study that analyses eighth and twelfth graders' knowledge of speaking strategies to communicate in English. The Oral Communication Strategy Inventory, developed by Nakatani in 2006, was applied to 108 students belonging to the public, semi-public and private educational sectors in Chile. The findings show that 8th graders claim to have broader knowledge of speaking strategies than 12th year secondary students, and the knowledge of speaking strategies of elementary and secondary school students does not vary depending on the type of school: public, semi public and/or private.
Descriptors: Grade 8, Grade 12, Foreign Countries, Knowledge Level, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Speech Communication, Speech Skills, Language Skills, Oral Language, Public Schools, Private Schools, Institutional Characteristics, Interaction, Listening Skills, Comprehension, Surveys, Communication Strategies, Statistical Analysis, Hypothesis Testing, Age Differences
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 8; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Elementary Education; Secondary Education; Grade 12; High Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Chile
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