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Title: | Game-based learning in the speaking skill |
Authors: | Chicaiza Redín, Verónica Elizabeth Jácome Benítez, Cristina Elizabeth |
Keywords: | GAME-BASED LEARNING GAMES TEACHING LEARNING PROCESS SPEAKING SKILL |
Issue Date: | 1-Apr-2021 |
Publisher: | Universidad Técnica de Ambato-Facultad de Ciencias Humanas y de la Educación-Carrera de Pedagogía de los Idiomas Nacionales y Extranjeros |
Abstract: | Game-based learning is a current tendency in the teaching-learning process that involves different games to practice and reinforce the English language. The principal purposes were to analyze and identify which aspects of Game-based learning could improve students’ speaking skills and its advantages to the learning process. Besides, twenty-two students from third semester “B” of Pedagogía de los Idiomas Nacionales y Extranjeros major at Universidad Técnica de Ambato were the subjects of this study. This research applied a pre-experimental methodology and qualitative/quantitative approach to collect the results. Furthermore, the researcher applied pre-test and posttest of PTE general Level 2 (B1) which is validated by Pearson. In this part, it was chosen just the speaking section of the test. In the beginning, the pre-test was applied in order to know students speaking level and then apply the games emphasized in speaking. Based on the pedagogical intervention and post-test findings, students improved communicative aspects such as interaction, turn-taking, and vocabulary. The results pointed out GBL contributes to the motivation and active participation in the teaching-learning process |
URI: | https://repositorio.uta.edu.ec/jspui/handle/123456789/32566 |
Appears in Collections: | Carrera de Pedagogía de los Idiomas Nacionales y Extranjeros |
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JÁCOME BENÍTEZ CRISTINA ELIZABETH_TESIS.pdf | 2,13 MB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
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