The development of oral production through games with fourth graders at a private school in Armenia

Yate Castro, Luz Albreidy | 2020-06-06

The present research is focus on one of the fundamental tools for professors at the moment of teaching English as a second language, which is the use of games. The problem that was identified was the lack of participation from students at the moment of speaking in the second language. That is why the main objective of this action research is the improvement of the oral skill through the use of different games. The population were two students ranging in age of 14 to 17 of a public school. The instruments for the data collection were interviews at the beginning and at the end of the intervention, pedagogical interventions, observations and field notes. The analysis of data showed good results during the implementation of the research. There was evidence the improvement in the students not just in the speaking skill but also in the increasing of vocabulary. Furthermore, it was made a review of different studies related to the use of games in different context, International, national and local. In this sense, the conclusion was that the use of different games definitely creates a good atmosphere in order to improve the oral skill