The Study of the Use of Picture Descriptions in Enhancing Communication Skills among the 8th- Grade Students--Learners of English as a Foreign Language

Autor/inn/en	Lavalle, Pamela I.; Briesmaster, Mark
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) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
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 + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? 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).
Anmerkungen	Center for Practitioner Research at National Louis University. 122 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60603. Tel: 800-443-5522 x2277; e-mail: digitalcommons@nl.edu; Web site: https://digitalcommons.nl.edu/ie/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01