Total Physical Response and Communicative Skills

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to analyze how Total Physical Response influences in communicative skills. The research applied a quantitative approach, that is, focused on quantifying and examining the results obtained. The population considered for this study was 41 students (age range between 9 and 10 years old) in the sixth grade at Unidad Educativa “Rodríguez Albornoz”. The investigation lasted five weeks and eight classes were intervened. At the end of the interventions, quantitative data was obtained and analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software to compare the averages. The results demonstrated that a difference of 1.69 points was obtained between the pre-test and the post-test. Finally, it is concluded that the use of the Total Physical Response was very influential in the communicative skills of the students since they improved their oral production at their level, language appropriacy, fluency, and confidence when speaking in English. Currently, students could speak without fear, trust their knowledge and a lot of motivation to continue learning English.