Peer Feedback to Improve Speaking Facilitated with Mobile Devices

Abstract

This action research was developed in a private school in Milagro, Guayas, Ecuador. The participants were 10th grade students, and their average age was 14. This innovation was implemented during the Pandemic caused by Covid-19. For that reason, all the process was online. All of the learners had Internet access and technological gadgets at home because it was part of the supplies they use in their classes. The students’ level was A1 according to the diagnostic test they took at the beginning of the school year. Also, they sent a speaking video to the English coordinator to confirm their English level. The data collected through the surveys and rubrics had a Cohen’s d= 0.5337 which indicates a high impact for learning. As a result, they improved their speaking skill in vocabulary, accuracy, fluency, and interaction. The participants expressed how this action research helped them to increase their intrinsic motivation to learn English and how working in pairs changed their perspective about getting feedback to enhance their learning process