Motivational didactic material and speaking skill

Abstract

The following research work aimed to establish the influence of motivational didactic material on the oral skills of the students of 8 children of grade GG1 at "Charlotte English School". The study methodology was pre-experimental with a quantitative approach and the tool used to obtain the pre and post test results was the application of the Cambridge Movers A1 test, speaking section. The 10 interventions included the combination and application of the types of motivational didactic materials such as digital didactic material, hands-on didactic material, psychological didactic material. In general, the materials were elaborated, evaluated, and applied by the teacher. In addition, these materials were reusable, applicable, valuable, and flexibly adapted to the students’ needs. The collected data were analyzed using the IBM Statistical Package for the Social Sciences computer statistical program, this software helped to perform the normality test and analyze the hypothesis using the Wilcoxon non-parametric method. As results, positive effects were demonstrated in the development of the evaluated sub-skills, however, the motivational didactic material showed to have more impact in the development of vocabulary. Additionally, it was observed that the students showed more motivation and responsibility with the hands-on material, since it was innovative and captured the attention of the students.