Authentic audiovisual material for English oral expression development

Abstract

The work presented below has been focused on evaluating oral expression as a result of exposure to authentic audiovisual material in the First-Year students of Unified General Baccalaureate of the Unidad Educativa "Rumiñahui" of Ambato, in Tungurahua province. With the help of a pre-test as an assessment instrument, the data collection was done and, in this way, it was evident the lack of use of authentic audio-visual material within classrooms to promote the development of oral expression in students. The results were analyzed with the T-student statistical test to check the validation of the hypothesis. A population of 52 students were considered and the present research was carried out demonstrating that authentic audiovisual material provides a better practice of oral expression, promoting the communicative process of students in the English language. The result was 3.75. Due to this very favorable result, this study concluded in the creation of a methodological guide that includes the application of authentic audiovisual material within the class to improve oral expression. The methodological guide, in addition, includes a rubric of evaluation of the activities and thus to verify the advance of the students. This is why, based on the results, the use of authentic audiovisual material is suggested to reinforce oral expression.