Interactive teaching techniques and speaking fluency

Abstract

The students’ English language learning essential for the development at the time of speaking. The use of the language in real world contexts help that the learning processes be meaningful and can be applied when need them. However, students must have the necessary tools to develop their speaking skill. For this reason, the current research entitled Interactive Teaching Techniques and Speaking Fluency was developed at the Unidad Educativa UK School in Ambato-Ecuador. The principal objective of this study research is to demonstrate the incidence of Interactive Teaching Techniques in speaking fluency. For this reason, quantitative methods were applied to check the validity of the research, as well as qualitative methods to examine the progress of the participants' fluency when speaking. To achieve this objective, it was conducted with 30 participants from sixth grade of Basic General Education. The students were divided according to their classes; Class A the control group and Class B the experimental group. Subsequently, in the experimental group; 4 interactive teaching strategies were applied such as buzz groups, pair think-share, brainstorming, socratic questioning, two hours a week for a month; while the control group worked normally without any interference in their learning. Furthermore, a pre-test and a post- test were applied as a tool to collect the necessary information. At the end of the study