Oral paraphrasing and speaking skill

Abstract

The use of the paraphrasing strategy is one of the most effective and beneficial methods to reinforce the speech of English learners, helping them prosper and evolve in their learning process. Because of that, the objective of the current research was to analyze oral paraphrasing and speaking skill in tenth year students of basic education from the Educational Unit "Dario Guevara". For this purpose, a descriptive and quasi-experimental qualitative-quantitative methodology was used that included 31 students in the tenth year of basic education from the "Dario Guevara", The Cambridge A1 Movers speaking section was used as an information collection tool, which was applied as a pretest and posttest to the group under study. The research development permitted to conclude that once the paraphrase strategies were applied to the students of tenth year of basic education from the "Darío Guevara" Educational Unit, it was determined that they had a positive impact on the development of the speaking ability, because it provided quick answers in the communication, developed knowledge, and expanded ideas, thus developing a more fluid communication.