Promoting Oral Production through the Task-Based Learning Approach: A Study in a Public Secondary School in Colombia

dc.creator	Peña Mireya
dc.creator	Onatra Amparo
dc.date	2009-11-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:14:26Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:14:26Z
dc.identifier	1657-0790
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/d0d47d92214642d0b9cafb25f80e9b6c
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/16860
dc.description	Spoken language is used less confidently by learners in the English as a foreign language (efl ) classroom in secondary schools, and this has become a challenge for most teachers. This article describes an action research experience carried out at Francisco de Paula Santander, a public school in Bogotá, in 2004. The study was developed with a sample of learners belonging to four groups of seven graders along nine months. Data were collected by means of audio recordings, field notes and proformas. The results of the study let us analyze the different demands of transactional and interactional activities among novice efl speakers. They can also be considered an attempt to understand the implications of such activities within the framework of the Task-Based Learning approach presented by Willis (1996). Key words: Oral interaction, Task-Based Learning (tbl) Los estudiantes de los colegios de secundaria usan con menos seguridad el lenguaje oral en las clases de inglés como lengua extranjera y esto se ha constituido en un reto para muchos profesores. Este artículo describe una experiencia de investigación acción adelantada en el colegio público Francisco de Paula Santander en Bogotá, en el año 2004. El estudio se realizó con una muestra de estudiantes pertenecientes a cuatro cursos de séptimo grado, a lo largo de nueve meses. Los datos se recolectaron mediante grabaciones de audio, notas de campo y proformas. Los resultados del estudio nos permiten analizar las exigencias diferenciadas de las actividades interaccionales y transaccionales para hablantes novatos del inglés como lengua extranjera. También se pueden considerar como un intento por comprender las implicaciones de dichas actividades en el marco del enfoque de aprendizaje basado en tareas, presentado por Willis (1996). Palabras clave: Interacción oral, aprendizaje basado en tareas
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Facultad de Ciencias Humanas
dc.relation	http://www.revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/11438
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1657-0790
dc.rights	CC BY
dc.source	Profile Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, Vol 11, Iss 2 (2009)
dc.subject	Oral interaction, Task-Based Learning (TBL)
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
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dc.title	Promoting Oral Production through the Task-Based Learning Approach: A Study in a Public Secondary School in Colombia
dc.type	article