Interaction strategies in the development of the productive skill of the English language speech

Abstract

The objective of the investigation was the application of interaction strategies to improve the development of the productive skill of the speech of the English language in the students of second semester of the Career of Physical Culture of the Faculty of Health Sciences of the National University of Chimborazo. For this, the research was correlational, field research, with methods: inductive, deductive, analytical and synthetic. The sample was represented by 50 students, to whom an intervention plan based on a communicative method was applied, consisting of a set of activities oriented to conversations, dialogues and debates. To obtain the data, an instrument or rubric was applied before and after applying the intervention plan. In the first instance the previous knowledge was evaluated, while in the post test the knowledge was evaluated once the intervention was applied. Three specific and one general hypothesis were formulated based on variables and dimensions in relation to the research context. The data obtained through the intervention were tabulated analyzed, interpreted and subjected to a statistical test, which allowed establishing that the methods and techniques used contributed to the learning; in addition, the productive ability of English language speech was improved and developed by using interaction strategies through active techniques.