British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) authentic videos for speaking skill development

Abstract

This study was aimed at determining the effect of using British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) authentic videos in the development of the speaking skill of 8th grade students. This study took place at Unidad Educativa “Primicias de la Cultura de Quito” in Ecuador during the academic year 2018-2019. The population consisted of 50 students. 25 of them belonged to the control group and the other 25 to the experimental group. These participants were the target to determine the effect of using authentic videos in the English class to develop the speaking skill. This was a quali-quantitative research of a descriptive study and was based on the results of a survey applied to EGB students who received the treatment implemented and a pretest and a posttest conducted to all the participants of the study. It was carried out during six weeks, from November 5th to December 14th, 2018. Twelve different speaking activities based on BBC authentic videos were used during the intervention process to teach vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation and fluency. An improvement on the students’ speaking skills was revealed in the posttest results after the speaking activities were applied in the English class.