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This research paper aimed at improving learners’ oral skills through the use of peer-feedback to student created videos in an English academy in Guayaquil. Eight participants were exposed to different instruments in order to increase their proficiency. A research study which included quantitative and qualitative instruments was conducted. It consisted on the application of a pretest-posttest format, and a Likert survey. During the research process, learners were evaluated by their peers and t...
This study aims at presenting the effectiveness of scaffolding strategies to enhance EFL learners' writing skills. Research sample consists of 23 male and female undergraduate intermediate students, studying English language in a higher institution. To meet the purpose of the study, a quasi-experimental design was adopted. A pre-test/post-test layout was applied to measure EFL learners’ writing progress. In addition, recorded interviews, field notes, and students’ reflections were used for ev...
The aim of the study was to measure the effect of oral recordings and collaboration facilitated by WhatsApp messenger in order to improve oral fluency and to know to what extent students’ attitude changed towards speaking English. Action research was the main methodology used in this work. Also, quantitative and qualitative instruments were used to gather data. After an innovation that took into consideration a lesson which focus on a real task activity, participants were able to improve thei...
University students are required to reach a B2 English level. Thus, this study aimed at analyzing the effects of classifying vocabulary into parts of speech through Google Sheets to improve students’ reading comprehension and expand word recognition. Furthermore, the study analyzes the students’ perspectives on learning vocabulary. The study used an action research method, pre-post surveys, and pre-posttests were applied. The findings proved that classifying “parts of speech” facilitated the ...
This article reports the results of action research with mixed methods involving twenty-eight pre-service teachers. The study addressed three research questions: 1. To what extent would the students optimize their theoretical knowledge on suprasegmentals after participating in explicit learning activities? 2. To what extent would students improve their suprasegmental features of spoken English after participating in communicative activities within an online video-based forum? 3. What would th...
This study aims at raising EFL learner’s awareness to use hesitation devices to manage discourse by providing them with a strategy for filling pauses and allowing them to gain time to think during speaking production. The innovation was carried out during 26 class hours. A total of 12 university students participated in the study. They had a CEFR B1 level but found it hard to express themselves orally. The objective of the innovation was to improve the learners’ discourse management. Five com...
The purpose of this paper is to focus on the development of attitudes and skills of educators in child care centers and their interactions with children, favoring learning and their well-being. It also describes the knowledge gathered in the formation of the month of November 2017 and the month of May 2018, taught by teachers Miek D'Argent and Sofie Vastman and the participation in the children's centers from the systematic observation, reflection, feedback, types of play, well-being and invo...
This document is oriented to establish which family factors generate an impact on children's language development. We chose 150 families with children from 17 to 19 months of age raised in Guayaquil, El Carmen, Quito and Cuenca; the same ones that were applied assessment and surveys according to the family factors chosen: Level of education, income, members by families, level of emotional and verbal response of the mother to the child, level of maternal depression and level of language develo...
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