Cooperative Learning Approach to improve speaking skill on young adult EFL learners

Oral dexterity is one of the most challenging productive skills to master when learning the English language due to different factors in the English classroom. Therefore, the present research project entitled ""Cooperative learning approach to improve oral expression skills in students of...

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Autor: Guaranga Lema, Jessica María
Tipo de recurso: tesis de maestría
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:Ecuador
Institución:Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador
Repositorio:Repositorio Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador Sede Ambato
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.pucesa.edu.ec:123456789/3463
Acceso en línea:https://repositorio.pucesa.edu.ec/handle/123456789/3463
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:COOPERATIVE LEARNING APPROACH. SPEAKING. COOPERATIVE TECHNIQUES.
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Sumario:Oral dexterity is one of the most challenging productive skills to master when learning the English language due to different factors in the English classroom. Therefore, the present research project entitled ""Cooperative learning approach to improve oral expression skills in students of English as a foreign language"" has as its main objective to analyze the effectiveness of the Cooperative Learning Approach to improve oral dexterity in young adult EFL students. The research has a qualitativequantitative approach. In addition, it was of a pre-experimental type since only one experimental group was used. The population consisted of 37 A2 level students from the Faculty of Political and Administrative Sciences of the National University of Chimborazo. Additionally, the Cambridge Preliminary Test of English was used as a pre and post test to measure the effectiveness of the Cooperative Learning Approach in improving language skills. It was necessary to present statistical data in order to validate the results of the Cooperative Language application. After the research submission, the final results exhibited a significant improvement in the speaking skill on young adult EFL learners