ERIC Number: EJ1222327
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 13
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The Impact of Information Gap Activities on Young EFL Learners' Oral Fluency
Ortiz Neira, Ramón Antonio
PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, v21 n2 p113-125 Jul-Dec 2019
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.
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Educational Games, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Oral Language, Language Fluency, Teaching Methods, At Risk Students, High School Students, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Chile
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