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Fostering Talk as Performance in an EFL Class through the Critical Analysis of YouTubers' Content
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Aristizábal-Jiménez, Yesika – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2020
This paper reports an action-research study aimed at exploring the benefits of the critical analysis of YouTubers' content through the empowerment spiral model to foster students' talk as performance. Twenty 11th-grade students shared alternative messages related to social issues based on content analysis and reflections. Data were collected via…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Action Research
"On Air": Participation in an Online Radio Show to Foster Speaking Confidence. A Cooperative Learning-Based Strategies Study ("Al aire": participación en un programa de radio en línea para fomentar la confianza al hablar. Un estudio basado en estrategias de aprendizaje cooperativo)
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Lemos Tello, Nubia Consuelo – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2012
The daily observation of class sessions has enabled me to recognize that students possess a feeling of self-distrust in oral activities. For this reason, I designed a study carried out with a group of twelve eighth graders. This article illustrates an action research project conducted to enhance students' confidence when speaking on an online…
Descriptors: Speech Skills, Speech Communication, Radio, Grade 8
Exploring Knowledge of English Speaking Strategies in 8th and 12th Graders (Exploración del conocimiento de las estrategias de expresión oral en inglés en estudiantes de los grados octavo y doceavo)
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Diaz Larenas, Claudio – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2011
This article presents a research study that analyses eighth and twelfth graders' knowledge of speaking strategies to communicate in English. The Oral Communication Strategy Inventory, developed by Nakatani in 2006, was applied to 108 students belonging to the public, semi-public and private educational sectors in Chile. The findings show that 8th…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Grade 12, Foreign Countries, Knowledge Level