Communicative language teaching approach in the development of speaking skill

Abstract

Introduction. Oral communication is perhaps the most important skill while learning a foreign language. The conventional English teaching method that is applied at the different educational levels based on grammar and writing, does not allow the development of the necessary communication skills. The communicative teaching of language has been the subject of this research, in which its effectiveness has been treated using different resources and skills. Objective. This research aims to apply communicative language teaching activities to determine its effectiveness in the development of the speaking skill, in the second-year of Bachelor Education in a secondary institution in Riobamba, Ecuador. Methodology. A field, descriptive, prospective, longitudinal, quasi-experimental and quantitative research was carried out. The universe was made up of 94 students at that level. The sample equivalent to the universe was organized into two groups, one experimental and one control, with 47 students each. A diagnostic examination and a final test were applied for both groups, which during the time between both tests, followed different teaching-learning approaches. In the control group the traditional method was applied and in the experimental group, the communicative approach to language teaching. Results. The results showed that although both groups improved their performance in speaking, in the experimental group the increase in speaking ability was greater than in the control group. Conclusion. It was concluded that the application of communicative language teaching activities was effective in development of the speaking skill.

Using the Communicative Approach to Develop EFL Secondary School Students’ Speaking Skills.

“…Here comes the role of the teacher to expose their students to more listening periods to correctly pronounce English. This finding coincides with the findings of other previous studies such as Guado & Mayorga, (2021). The results showed that the increase in speaking ability of the experimental group was greater than in the control group due to using communicative language teaching.…”

Flipped classroom in the development of the communicative skills at “Emiliano Hinostroza High School”

“…They can deal with simple and short conversations but it is necessary to improve their speaking through challenging activities supported with technology that is part of their Jorge Patricio Zhuño-Morocho; Martha Magdalena Guamán-Luna 108 daily lives. The communicative language teaching approach presents principles and objectives that permit the learning process of a language to use classroom activities like dialogues, role-plays, and information-gap activities, based on group work and task work, had been effective to help the progress of the speaking skill (Oviedo & Mena, 2021). From table and figure 4, it was possible to show that most of the students say that in the English class the teacher sometimes uses social media to motivate them to practice their speaking skills (Singh, 2018).…”

“…It is important to mention that rural education needs to implement active strategies to use technology and virtual education to improve communicative skills not only because the students are digital natives but also because it is a world surrounded by technology and electronic devices. These skills are essential because they allow learners to diffuse coherently and order oral information like arguments, feeling, opinions, or personal information according to the level, using the sub-skills language to function in a real context (Oviedo & Mena, 2021).…”

Communicative activities to enhance oral production in the EFL classroom

“…A fluent person may have already developed his/her communicative competence. In other words, this person will be able to use language without hesitation when having a conversation (Samifanni, 2020;Oviedo & Mena, 2021). Additionally, when a speaker is fluent, this person can use the language patterns appropriately.…”