The use of toontastic app as a teaching didactic strategy to impruve A1 english students´oral skill

Abstract

The main objective of this study titled “The use of Toontastic app as a teaching didactic strategy to improve a1 English students ‘oral skill” was to determine the applicability of the Toontastic application as a didactic teaching method to improve the oral skills of A1 English level students at the Galo Plaza Lasso school in Quito. The methodology used was a mixed approach, quantitative and qualitative, based on the use of surveys which one was applied to 62 students, a control group and an experimental group, and interviews directed to four teachers of the English area to determine the current situation of the students of the Galo Plaza Lasso school in Quito, regarding the development of oral skills in the 2021- 2022 academic year. Likewise, the quasi-experimental and descriptive research was considered to diagnose the development of the students' oral skills through a questionnaire, and to describe the characteristics of the object of study that emphasizes the development of oral skills, identifying the aspects that influenced the deficiency. The correlational level served as a basis for measuring the relationship between the independent variable: Technological tools and the dependent variable: oral skill. From Spearman's correlation coefficient, the results of the pre-test and post-test determined a value of 0.000, less than 0.05. This determined the validated the alternative hypothesis: the use of the Toontastic application improves the oral skills of A1 level students at the Galo Plaza Lasso school in Quito, where teachers have used an application in the classroom at least once. In addition, from their experience, the activity that most contributes to the development of oral xii communication is group work. It is thus concluded that Toontastic app is a good teaching didactic strategy in the communicative competence oral, but it is important teachers and students know how to use it in the classroom.