Facilitating Self-Regulation with Mobile Devices to Improve Oral Interaction in a High School in Junín

Abstract

This innovation demonstrated the development and improvement of the oral interaction in twenty-two participants who self-regulated their learning through the implementation of self-assessment by using mobile phones accompanied by a technological tool named Padlet. The participants were twenty-two A1 English level students from a Millennium high school in a rural zone in Junin, Manabi Province, Ecuador. Students recorded five video tasks that were self-assessed with a rubric. Moreover, the teacher provided feedback after each video. The instruments applied were an oral interaction rubric and a semi-structured interview. The overall results show a significant improvement in oral interaction and positive effect size (ES) of 1.09. Additionally, in the final part of the study, students expressed their perspectives about their learning, challenges, likes, and dislikes during the innovation. The results show that the use of self-regulation facilitated by mobile devices can help students improve oral interaction and are useful for teachers to implement in classes to improve spoken interaction