Group Work as a Means of Getting Students to Participate

dc.creator	Forero Tovar Luz Marina
dc.date	2000-08-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:25:08Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:25:08Z
dc.identifier	1657-0790
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/b405f743d026412e9aea4bae3dbe64dc
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/21333
dc.description	Three types of activities were worked on with a group of 15 shy and slow 10th grade students at the Centro Educativo Integral Colsubsidio to get them to participate and talk more often and fluently than they were doing. Activities selected for that purpose were : games, role-plays and interviews that had to be carried out in groups. Students’ difficulties expressing their ideas fluently rather than accurately were confirmed by means of a questionnaire, then the activities listed above were piloted and the results of their effectiveness were measured by a teacher observer, by my own field notes and by interviews as well as a final questionnaire applied during and at the end of the piloting stage. Results from these three sources were analysed and showed that some students benefited slightly from the activities while others just improved their pronunciation as a result of their work with different partners. Also, some students were not keen on working in groups because they preferred individual work. Speaking ability was not improved as much as expected but the kind of work (group work) helped students to participate more in class. It is also interesting to point out that female students preferred role-plays to the other two activities while male students enjoyed games the most.
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/11420
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1657-0790
dc.rights	CC BY
dc.source	Profile Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, Vol 1, Iss 1 (2000)
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
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
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dc.title	Group Work as a Means of Getting Students to Participate
dc.type	article