El uso del podcast en el desarrollo de las competencias comunicativas orales de inglés como lengua extranjera en adultos universitarios

Abstract

This innovation was implemented to improve the oral skills of EFL. Podcast was implemented. Participants were students from a private university in Guayaquil. Three groups of students placed in the tenth level of English participated in the study, out of a total of 12 levels offered by the institution, which corresponds to B1+ level within the common frame of reference for languages. The participants were randomly selected and a pre and a post-test were carried out to measure the efficacy of the proposed innovation. An analytical score scale was used to measure oral skills of the participants. Additionally, a questionnaire was conducted to explore the motivation of the participants towards the use of the Podcast in the classroom. It was found a significant improvement in the average performance of the students in their oral competences, besides the relationship between innovation and motivation reflected in a better predisposition of the students during the class sessions was evidenced.