Use of voice recording to enhance fluency in speaking in efl classroom

Abstract

Education has taken an unexpected turn due to the increase in technological tools, leading teachers to investigate new ways to impart knowledge and at the same time use new strategies to help our students improve their fluency in English. The primary objective of this research was to determine the level of improvement in fluency when speaking in the English as a foreign language classroom through voice recording. The methodology proposed to carry out the present experimentation with 34 students, using quantitative and qualitative research. A pre-test and post-test single-group design were adopted for this study. The students’ problems in fluency in speaking were evaluated using the SPSS statistical program, applying the Statistical Student’s T-test of related tests. Some technological tools were applied for two weeks in classes. At the end of the experimentation, a post-test was carried out, and the results of the study revealed that the students, through voice recordings using technological tools, presented significant improvement in fluency in speaking. The data verified that the students had an average band 1 at the time of the pre-test; however, they improved to band 4 at the time of the post-test. The main findings point out that the use of voice recordings with a technological tool certainly improves fluency in speaking, especially in the way of expressing themselves in English, giving them greater freedom, fluency, and confidence when speaking.