Facilitating Self-Regulation Using Mobile Devices to Improve Oral Interactions

Abstract

This study aimed at the improvement of oral interactions through the use of self-regulation supported by an application called Padlet, where students could upload and self-assess their videos. The sample involved 31 second-year students of Baccalaureate with an A1 English level. The study was done at a public high school in a rural zone in Calceta, Manabi Province, Ecuador. Learners developed five speaking videos about different topics and self-assessed their work against a rubric. The teacher provided feedback for each task. Instruments included a rubric and an interview of a random group of participants about their perspectives. The global oral interactions improvement was a large and positive effect size (ES) of 1.04. The findings also showed a significant improvement in teacher and student average scores on the recordings with a slight difference of 0.22 between both means at the end of the innovation. Furthermore, results showed that students improved their oral interactions. Since the use of self-regulation was found to be beneficial, EFL teachers may find the results and discussion of this research useful for its implementation in the classroom.