Real Context Activities and Oral Skill

Abstract

The current research study is aimed to analyse the effect of real context activities in the development of oral skill in students from the second semester of “Pedagogía de los Idiomas Nacionales y Extranjeros” major at Universidad Técnica de Ambato. The study had a quasi-experimental design and had a population of 39 students. This study took three weeks to intervene in four online sessions via Zoom. At the beginning of the intervention, the students took a pre-test to measure their oral skills which indicate some deficiencies when speaking, specifically it was 2.62 out of 5. Then, learners were taught by implementing real context activities following the coursebook activities to promote meaningful language and give students the opportunity to practice their oral ability in a freer way. Once the interventions were finished, the students took a post-test to determine the students’ progress, which indicates a progress of 3.32 out of 5. It is important to mention that the results showed a remarkable progress of 0.61 between both samples to validate the hypothesis verification and determine the proportion of the research. Therefore, it had a positive impact on students' oral skill.