Cooperative Learning Strategies and the oral production of EFL

Abstract

The main objective of this research project was to determine the relationship between Cooperative Learning Strategies (CLE) and the oral production of English as a foreign language (EFL) in students from Ambato rural area. This research worked with a population of 49 participants, belonging to range age from 7 a 12 years old. The control group (CG) comprised of 24 students and an experimental group (EG) of 25. EG participants were applied CLE such as Flashcard, Fan-N-Pick y Think-Pair-Share. All the population was evaluated through a Pre and a Post-test from Cambridge with Pre A1 level. Qualitative and quantitative methodology was used in this research since it was necessary to accomplish the proposed objective. Furthermore, experimental designed was used during thirty virtual sessions for a six-week period. Results were gotten according to T de Student demonstrated that the EG improved the oral production of EFL. The oral production elements that were developed were vocabulary from 2.84 ± 0.85 to 3.48 ± 0.71, and pronunciation from 2.72 ± 0.79 to 3.24 ± 0.52; both with a p value of 0.00. In this way, they got a significant value. However, in the interaction part, there was no major change, since the results were from 2.72 ± 0.84 to 3.00 ± 0.91, with a p value of 0.26. Consequently, it was confirmed that cooperative learning strategies influence learners’ oral production of English