Task-Supported-Teaching to Promote EFL Oral Fluency

Autor/inn/en	Castillo, Rigoberto; Silva-González, Heidy Erika; Sanabria-Chavarro, Leidy
Titel	Task-Supported-Teaching to Promote EFL Oral Fluency
Quelle	In: GIST Education and Learning Research Journal, (2018) 17, S.106-127 (22 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1692-5777
Schlagwörter	Oral Language; Language Fluency; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Action Research; Task Analysis; Intensive Language Courses; Language Teachers; Retention (Psychology); Video Technology; Teacher Attitudes; Teaching Methods; Correlation; Foreign Countries; Colombia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Oral interpretation; Mündlicher Sprachgebrauch; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Projektforschung; Aufgabenanalyse; Intensivkurs; Sprachkurs; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Merkfähigkeit; Lehrerverhalten; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Korrelation; Ausland; Kolumbien
Abstract	This paper presents a study that looked into the structuring of tasks that may foster oral fluency in an intensive eight-week course with 25 young adult and adult learners of English as a foreign language in a format of tutoring sessions for conversation. The action research involved two teachers and a research advisor, coauthors of this paper. Researchers identified two drawbacks: learners claimed that instruction was not helpful for them to use English outside the classroom, and that they had difficulty in retaining information in long-term memory. With surveys, interviews, observations and videos, the research team gathered data on students' progress, goals, performance and beliefs. The pedagogical intervention with "Task-Supported Teaching" (TST) produced these results: a) TST promoted cooperation b) the degree of participation correlated with the students' purpose for learning English, and c) TST raised awareness on the acquisition of speaking. (As Provided).
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