Didactic actions to develop the oral expression ability in ninth grade students

Abstract

The economic, Social and political context humanity faces today, makes English language proficiency an important element for modern man requirement. This should not only encourage linguistic functional efficiency, but to develop knowledge, habits and basic skills that enable students to communicate in a foreign language, understand oral information and express themselves orally on different topics. In this sense, the present research aims to implement didactic actions to improve the oral expression ability in 9th grade students from Eliseo Reyes Junior High School, by the use of games, teaching aids, dramatizations, work group and duets, and monologues, what motivate them to acquire greater functional linguistic efficiency. Different methods were employed, belonging to the theoretical, empirical, statistical and mathematical level. The thesis is organized in two chapters; in the first, some considerations on the theoretical and methodological underpinnings underlying the learning of English and the development of oral expression ability in English are presented; in the second, the diagnostic results, educational activities aimed at developing this skill and results achieved after application are presented.