Presentation, Practice and Production Approach and speaking skill

Abstract

This research was conducted for the purpose of analyzing the influence of the presentation, practice, and production (PPP) approach on speaking skill. The researcher used a pre-experimental design to analyze the relationship between the dependent and independent variables. Likewise, this research is characterized by being quantitative because statistical data were collected in order to analyze the effect of the PPP on the speaking skill. The place where this study was developed was the Universidad Tecnica de Ambato, the sample was 29 students of the fourth semester of the Pedagogia de los Idiomas Nacionales y Extranjeros major, of whom 22 were women and 7 were men. The age of the participants ranged from 19 to 24 years. The speaking skill of the students was tested through a test appropriate to their level, which was a Cambridge B1 PET speaking test. The same instrument was used to measure their speaking skill after treatment. The results indicated that the PPP approach had a positive impact on the students' speaking skill as in the post-test their scores showed a significant progress. The PPP contributed to the improvement of the elements of speaking presented in the Cambridge B1 rubric, especially those related to discourse management and interactive communication. The findings proved that the stages of PPP really impacted positively on the students' speaking ability as well as on the criteria shown in the rubric, such as pronunciation and grammar and vocabulary.