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Autor/inn/en | Lavalle, Pamela I.; Briesmaster, Mark |
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Titel | The Study of the Use of Picture Descriptions in Enhancing Communication Skills among the 8th- Grade Students--Learners of English as a Foreign Language |
Quelle | In: i.e.: inquiry in education, 9 (2017) 1, Artikel 4 (18 Seiten)
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 2154-6282 |
Schlagwörter | Pictorial Stimuli; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Oral Language; Class Activities; Student Participation; Private Schools; Grade 8; Action Research; Foreign Countries; Statistical Analysis; Qualitative Research; Classroom Communication; Cues; Teaching Methods; Pretests Posttests; Communicative Competence (Languages); Focus Groups; Interviews; Student Attitudes; Chile Fantasieanregung; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Oral interpretation; Mündlicher Sprachgebrauch; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Private school; Privatschule; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Projektforschung; Ausland; Statistische Analyse; Qualitative Forschung; Klassengespräch; Stichwort; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Communicative competence; Languages; Kommunikative Kompetenz; Sprache; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Schülerverhalten |
Abstract | Teachers of English as a foreign language (EFL) encourage students to take a more active role in the oral activities in the classroom through different strategies. This study examines the use of picture descriptions as a strategy to develop and enhance communication skills among the eighth-grade students attending a private English school in Chile. To that end, action research (AR) was attempted with the use of quantitative and qualitative methods to determine whether the use of picture descriptions can improve the students' oral skills in English as a foreign language. The findings of the study suggest that the students' communication skills increased as result of integrating picture descriptions in classroom activities, which in turn enhanced the students' overall participation. (As Provided). |
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Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
Update | 2020/1/01 |