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Item The employment of duolingo app for the oral production of the English Language for adult learners with unfinished schooling of 10th level E.G.B(2021-05-01) Zumbana Mondragón, Daniela Estefanía; Escalante Gamazo, Marbella CumandáThe present research had as principal objective to determine the application of Duolingo App in the development of the oral production of the English language on the communicative competences in the adult learners with unfinished schooling. Furthermore, the pre- test and pro- test were applied based on the audio verbal development to determine the efficiency of this technological tool as a practical and dynamic method. These tests based on the virtual sections which are offered in this mobile application in order to identify the level of the students and to know their progress in audio- verbal skills of 10th level of E.G.B groups at P.C.E.I. “Mons. Leonidas Proaño” Educative Unit CAT- Latacunga during the second quarterly of the academic year September 2020- March 2021. Also, a planning of skills with performance criteria was based in the curricular content of the Educative Unit. This planning helped to support the implementation of Duolingo App into the virtual environment with the selected groups who were involved in the research work. This lesson planning focused on the oral production of the English language in addition, on the active practice of the previous knowledge of the students. After the implementation of the research work, it applied a post- test that based on the same structure and approach that the pre- test according to the obtaining results after the application. Next, it was elaborated the procedure of the data which were analyzed and interpreted through the T- test of Student. These results were represented for statistical charts and graphics. The results demonstrated that the Duolingo App permitted to improve the oral production of the English language and it had a positive impact in the development of audio-verbal skills. Furthermore, Duolingo App facilitated to the teacher identify the level of oral production of their students as well as recognize the principal necessities of them. Therefore, it recommends using it in order to help the learners into learning the English language.Item Elsaspeak app and pronunciation(Universidad Técnica de Ambato-Facultad de Ciencias Humanas y de la Educación-Carrera de Educación Pedagogía de los Idiomas Nacionales y Extranjeros, 2021-04-01) Pazos Lara, Christian Andrés; Calero Sánchez, Ximena AlexandraTechnology has motivated students to learn a new language, and has helped with their pronunciation when transmitting a message. Therefore, this Project was conducted with the objective of determining the importance of using ElsaSpeak app to develop the pronunciation of second semester students of the “Pedagogía de los Idiomas Nacionales y Extranjeros” (PINE) program at “Universidad Técnica de Ambato”. To accomplish the objectives, a bibliographic research was used, in order to obtain theoretical support for the variables of the research project. On the other hand, an experimental investigation was applied, where the students took a pre-test using ElsaSpeak app, which evaluated the level of pronunciation of each one of them. After the pre-test, instructions were given on how to use the app to familiarize users with it, and for phoneme recognition, awareness and production. Finally, a post-test was applied using the same app to see if the use of ElsaSpeak app helped the students to improve their pronunciation. The development of this study indicated that using ElsaSpeak app had a positive impact on improving the pronunciation of the research group. After the time of the experimental study, it was noticed that the pronunciation, fluency and accent in the students were reinforced with the help of the mobile application, and there was a significant improvement in the development of oral skills.Item The group work activities in the writing ability(Universidad Técnica de Ambato-Facultad de Ciencias Humanas y de la Educación-Carrera de Pedagogía de los Idiomas Nacionales y Exranjeros, 2021-03-01) Li Gavilanes, Jiasi Leticia; Chicaiza Redín, Verónica ElizabethGroup work activities nowadays are a tool that helps develop all the receptive and productive English language skills, including writing ability. This research was developed with the aim to determine the relationship between group work activities and written ability in students of the sixth semester of Pedagogy of National and Foreign Languages of the Technical University of Ambato. To demonstrate the effectiveness of these activities, a Cambridge pre-test and post-test were applied. The group work activities were applied according to the level of the students, their age, and their preferences. The results varied in the research; it was established that the students at the beginning of the research did not have a good written level in Organization and Communicative Achievement according to the Rubric but eventually, they improved as group work activities were adapted. An improvement in the writing level was found through essays, argumentative paragraphs, and opinions. Group work activities varied from pair work, group work and the intervention of the entire class. Students who had a low level were able to engage in group work activities positively with peers whose level was higher or regular. In addition, communication within the classroom was improved, the students were more open to asking questions or expressing their opinions with much more confidence than at the beginning of the experiment. The results obtained with the post-test helped to confirm the advantages of applying varied group work activities according to Content and Language (Annex 1).