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Students: Ernesto Bayardo Romero Cano.

Jenniffer Adriana Sarria Jarquin

General Topic: Strategies to improve speaking skills

Specific topic: Strategies to improve speaking skills in high school students.

Problem: Inadequate methodologies and lack of didactic resources for the teaching of
speaking in high school students.

General Objective: Know the different strategies to improve the ability to speak.

Specific Objectives: 1) Know the importance of strategies in speaking.

2) Mention the different strategies to improve the ability to speak.

3) Known how to use technology tools to improve speak


Introduction

The learning processes involve several factors so that the student can develop different

capacities, When difficulties arise in the teaching-learning process, it manifests itself in the

students, in their progress and in the unachieved objectives which were raised in the class,

for that reason it is necessary to develop an adequate methodology looking for different

techniques and teaching strategies. In conjunction with its didactic resources appropriate to

the subject, in this case to develop speaking in the English class in high school students to

counteract these difficulties.

Since developing the appropriate methodology together with its didactic resources that

always have to go hand in hand, so that students do not get distracted or bored with obsolete

methods, it is the teacher's task to use methodologies and resources such as the use of tics,

which is a methodological tool that students like, since in this new era globalization goes

hand in hand with technology and tics gives educators and students a great advantage in the

teaching-learning processes, developing great potential in the possibility of interaction,

communication in new environments and learning environments in terms of accessibility,

flexibility of time, space and rhythm, although carrying out the use of tics is a challenge,

since they may not have technological materials some students neither schools nor Internet

access, that is why teachers also have to put into practice all the didactic resources that are

available. And can obtain and that facilitate the teaching process for example: we have books,

textbook etc. and that helps us to motivate the student to be concentrated in class and achieve

the objectives set.


Justify

Strategies to improve the ability to speak in high school students is of the utmost importance,

since it is the fundamental basis for new paths in English, since it is a living language that

continues to evolve, introducing many technological terms to everyday life, Thus, today's

society is very demanding in the communicative part of studies, because the development of

English speech corresponds to the social, cultural part, being of great importance that students

can express themselves correctly, providing information about them and requiring the ability

to understand, phrases and frequent expressions of their environment such as: greetings,

names of objects, etc. as well as understand the main ideas of texts and other things. For all

these reasons and because of the unstoppable advance of globalization, it is extremely

important to improve speaking English.

Speaking is one of language skill that people use in communication to others. The purpose

of the teachers of speaking is to enable the student to speak and interpret the message that

occurs in the communication process. Speaking ability is an ability to express, to convey the

idea and suggestion. Talking is about how to express, it is related to the language problem

and the pronunciation of speech sound. Therefore, the ability of speaking is very Important

in the life. Currently the students have the problem to the moment of speak in public or

include in the classroom.


.1)) (Martinez Agudo, 2003) Today is society demands efficient communication skills. The

possibilities of work, study, social relationships and improvement depend, in large part, on

our ability to interact with others, having oral expression as a fundamental tool. the learning

of a universal language must fundamentally be aimed at the development of

communicative interaction” because interaction and communication constitute essential

functions of the language To achieve a good communication in the English language we

need students who can express themselves fluently and clearly, with optimal pronunciation,

who use verbal resources appropriately and naturally.

English is a living language and has not stopped evolving to this day. New terms are

constantly being incorporated into the language. The technological revolution, scientific,

advances and the need for new words mean that Lating and Greek continue to be valid as

a reference source. The migratory flows and the mixture of cultures also suppose a

contribution of new words that enrich the language more and more.

Today's world requires speaking skills to relate and be able to develop job opportunities,

social relations, since today oral expression opens many doors for us in the world of work.

And this starts from the schools with our students who graduate with the ability to interact

using the appropriate times, since we remember that today technology is advancing in a

great way and the technological terms it is necessary to know them in a great way to be

able to be in the technology industry.

Oral expression is of the utmost importance, since the world depends on the interaction

with each other to be able to know the new words that the world is implementing, let us
remember that technology makes the world work faster than normal for that reason it is It

is necessary that from high school students develop speaking skills so that when they reach

university, study or travel, they may have more job opportunities.

2) (Zambano, 2017) The methodology strategy based on music and movies to develop the

oral comprehension in English, is a current topic since the importance of communication is

of such magnitude that the history of human life would not have occurred without

language; would not have existed possibility of memory, of relationships, of societies, there

would be no humanity, like the as we know, it is vitally necessary to study individuals in

their role as speakers of a language.

At the global level, learning English “is a priority from primary levels of education, reaching

the peak of education superior, where his knowledge and qualities in the different aspects

of hearing, expression and interpretation must be elevated.

One of the methodological strategies to develop Speaking is music and movies since it is

vitally important to know the expressions of each speaker, let us remember that

communication of vital importance in humanity since our history worldwide, English is

something of vital importance for human development in all areas.

Using music and movies as a methodological strategy is an excellent strategy since students

like to listen to music and watch movies, it is excellent for the development of oral

comprehension, since communication today is something that worries many, for It is of the

utmost importance that English, especially the speaking part, be developed at an early age,
beginning in primary school and continuing in secondary school, where students prepare to

go to university.

3) (North, 2020) All people feel some physiological reactions like pounding hearts and

trembling hands. Do not associate these feelings with the sense that you will perform poorly

or make a fool of yourself. Some nerves are good. The adrenaline rush that makes you sweat

also makes you more alert and ready to give your best performance.

The best way to overcome anxiety is to prepare, prepare, and prepare some more. Take the

time to go over your notes several times. Once you have become comfortable with the

material, practice a lot. Videotape yourself, or get a friend to critique your performance.

all the people when trying to speak another language in public, it is normal for them to feel

nervous and for their heart to beat very strongly and all this makes the students, when they

feel all these physiological reactions, think that they will make a fool of themselves before

others.

The physiological reactions that the human being feels, for example, nerves, sweating in the

hands, strong palpitations in the heart, is normal when people try to develop the ability to

speak, since communication is one of the most important things in the world. , these

physiological reactions help people to perform their best when speaking, the best way to feel

good is to prepare, practice, before each lesson and find a partner to share and who can give

you their point of view of your performance.


4 ) (Urrutia Leon) There are several classroom techniques used by the teacher and each

classroom technique has purpose. Discussion technique is to improve fluency of the students

and to improve grammar of the students. Role play technique is to improve vocabulary of the

students and to make the students more concentrate. Game technique is to encourage student

to think and express their ideas, to make student pay attention to the teacher and the material,

and to make the student enjoy on teaching learning process. The teacher has roles as

explainer, facilitator, inquiry controller, and empowered.

The students have some roles such as subject learning, the learner is member of a group and

learn by interacting with others, the learner is the planner of his or her own learning program,

the learner is a tutor for others learners, the learner is monitor and evaluator of his or her own

progress, and the learners learn from the teacher, from the other students and other teaching

sources. There are some materials used by English teacher, such as: book, textbook, and

another source from internet as supplementary material. The roles of instructional materials

are as a resource for presentation materials (spoken or written), as a reference source for

learners on grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, and so on, and a source of stimulation and

ideas for classroom activities.

To teach the classes there are several techniques that teachers can use, each with its own

purpose, for example, there is the discussion technique among students to improve the

fluency and grammar of the students, other techniques are games since most of the students

like to play and through this they can learn more vocabulary and grammar and make students

not get distracted and pay more attention.

To improve the fluency and grammar of the students, teachers must put into practice the

different techniques, for example we have the discussion technique, the game technique, all
these techniques make the teaching-learning process of students easier since they develop to

oral expression, grammar without the students getting bored of the process, the teacher has

to try to make the student feel good, since the teacher has different roles within this process.

5) (Macias Mendoza, 2017) Oral expression plays an important role in the development of

oral language. Besides contemplates a set of techniques that determine the general guidelines

that must be followed to communicate orally effectively, that is, it is the way to express

without obstacles what is thought, because it is used on a daily basis, most people do not give

the language the importance it has in all senses, so many times, it is used incorrectly.

Sometimes they do not realize that it is susceptible to improvement continuous, using

systematic, oriented and conscious practice.

Therefore, it is essential for educators to develop the expression oral in students because we

live talking, requesting and giving information, giving opinions, discussing, commenting,

and conversing. Through oral communication they satisfy the elementary needs of the human

being, both material and spiritual. For students learning a language, oral expression is one of

the more difficult skills. Students in generally present always different deficiencies such as

organizing and structuring the discourse in a coherent way (in order chronological), State

clearly which are the main ideas and which are secondary.

Oral expression plays an important role in the development of another language in oral

language to be able to communicate in a coordinated way, correctly carrying out grammatical

rules, most people do not give importance to the correct use of the language and that is why

they use inappropriately. Inadequate way, taking into account that language is important for

the daily expression of what we live.


Oral expression is of the utmost importance since with it we communicate, we make

ourselves understood what we need and thus we can do things well by carrying out the

communication process correctly, expressing what we feel, it is of the utmost importance that

people follow up on the oral improvement, with oriented practice and aware of its

importance.

6) (Wallence, 2004) Students improve formal speech when teachers provide elements to

organize your ideas when preparing a presentation. Oral presentations by students can

improve when they organize their display in different ways, for example in sequences, or

chronologically or thematically. They need to practice ordering their speech around

problems and solutions, causes and results, similarities and differences. After deciding on the

best means of organizing, will be able to practice their presentations with other classmates or

with all the group.

Teachers will also be able to help students tailor their presentations and informal talks to

match with the intended interlocutors, the information that must be communicated and the

circumstances of the occasion in which they will speak. The Teachers can illustrate how

famous speakers have appropriate their exposures to different circumstances.

Teachers can give students tools to Present ideas to peers individually, to groups of peers or

to entire groups of students. They can learn to talk about a topic they have chosen themselves

or a topic assigned by the teacher. Preparing for and participating in debates helps students

see both perspectives on different topics. Students also benefit from the interviews they

conduct and their participation in Theater displays.


They can enjoy talking about their personal experiences, and when given this opportunity

they can take advantage of the teaching about the elements of a good oral narration. Teachers

and students can contribute suggestions for the oral presentations of the latter. By

constructively criticizing others, students can learn to apply criteria for optimal oral

expression and employ social skills with touch. With this, they can increase and improve

their own skills oral. Students can also learn oral skills and social media by suggesting

possible improvements to other people's presentations. Positive experiences can lead to

higher acquisition Skills and confidence when speaking in front of larger groups.

7) (Gonzalez , 2015) The belief in basic education is that in the traditional school students

are taught to read and write and it is taken for seated that they already know how to speak.

Therefore, the ability of production or oral expression has been somewhat forgotten. The

only way that correct speaking is valued and remember that it is an essential and basic skill

in the training of students, it is when one of them has a very marked deficiency, example

problems when pronounce the r, the d or the letter s.

The absurdity of this matter is that in the globalized world in which we live, the oral

production is put on the highest rung of the ladder to success. Now the difference between a

person's failure or achievement can be made by how well they do in a job interview, a person's

innocence or guilt could largely depend measure of how it performs before a jury or oral trial;

marriage with loved person may depend on how the declaration or proposal of love turns out,

etc.
It is believed that teaching in basic education is enough for students to speak, since they teach

them to read and write, and they leave the oral part a bit forgotten, forgetting that the ability

to speak is something important in communication, more when we find students with

problems in the pronunciation of some letters.

In the traditional school it is believed that it is enough to teach reading and writing to develop

the ability to speak and they have not put emphasis on the oral part of the students and thus

be able to realize if some of the students have any deficiency in pronunciation. of some letter

for example the r or the d.

8 ) (Peña Garcia, 2013) It seems clear that the introduction of new technologies in our lives

is revolutionizing the world of education and, with all certainty, in the near future, language

teaching will be different from what we have today day. The incorporation of the digital

whiteboard, computers or tablets for each student seems to be a reality, although the current

crisis situation is delaying its implementation.

In the Secondary Classrooms the exercises that are generally carried out in class in terms of

oral skills are those that involve face-to-face interaction, that is, those that involve the

students, the teacher and the context is the class. However, the new technologies provide the

teacher the opportunity to innovate when teaching their classes.

New technologies are revolutionizing education, the only thing that is stopping its progress

is the economy, the future of teaching will be very different in a short time, and this will help

teachers to have better tools using the technological part that students like so much since they

learn very quickly to manage technology.


The development of technology worldwide has come to change the teaching of students, in

the very near future technology will be the main base of teachers since the only thing that

stops its progress is the economy but little by little It is being introduced as a tool that comes

to evolve the teaching of teachers, and that will be of great help in the development of their

classes, innovating in each subject and thus the students will develop the ability to speak

more quickly.

9 ) (Thornbury, 2005)These quotes identify some key factors that can contribute to a lack of

L2 fluency , and in particular how a lack of automaticity can inhibit face to - face interaction

, quite independently of how much grammatical and lexical knowledge a speaker has .

Shortage of opportunities for practice is identified as an important contributing factor to

speaking failure. And by practice is meant, not practice of grammar and vocabulary, but

practice of interactive speaking itself. The combined effect of these deficiencies is a lack of

confidence and often an acute sense of anxiety when it comes to speaking ( ' my heart is in

my boots ' ) . What can be done about this? The comment that ' this skill [ i.e. speaking ] is

always forgotten when someone teaches English ' is astute . All language teaching methods

( apart from the most bookish ) prioritize speaking , but less as a skill in its own right than as

a means of practicing grammar . Even in relatively communication - oriented methodologies,

speaking activities are often simply ways of rehearsing preselected grammar items or

functional expressions. If speaking as kill is dealt with, it is often dealt with only at the level

of pronunciation. Frequently, training and practice in the skill of interactive real - time talk,

with all its attendant discourse features, is relegated to the chat stage at the beginning and

end of lessons. It is this lack of genuine speaking opportunities which accounts for many
students ' feeling that, however much grammar and vocabulary they know, they are

insufficiently prepared for speaking in the world beyond the classroom.

How then does L2 speaking differ from L1 speaking? In terms of the stages of mental

processing involved, there is probably not much difference at all. Like L1 speakers, L2

speakers also produce speech through a process of conceptualizing, then formulating, and

finally articulating, during which time they are also self - monitoring. At the same time, they

will be attending to their interlocutors, adjusting their message accordingly, and negotiating

the management of conversational turns. The skills of speaking, therefore, are essentially the

same and should, in theory, be transferable from the speaker’s first language into the second.

You can find some factors that prevent fluency when speaking in students, one of them is the

lack of practice with another person, but when this is done one of the mistakes is trying to

practice pronunciation and grammar, it is for this reason that students feel that although they

know a lot of grammar they are not prepared to speak outside their class sections since all

the practices are done in a context already written grammatically.

10) (Aleksandrzak, 2011) the position of speaking in the hierarchy of language skills has

evolved over the centuries. Rather ignored in the Grammar – Translation Method, it became

a primary skill in the Direct Method. Audiolingualism brought even more focus on speaking,

although the linguistic principle it was based on viewed oral discourse as imitative routine

behavior in typical and predict able situations. The grammatical syllabus of the Cognitive

Method incorporated activities in all language skills, attaching equal importance to each of

them. Finally, Communicative Language Teaching added a more realistic dimension to


teaching oral discourse by introducing numerous forms of interaction to the classroom and

practicing the language in natural or probable situations which demanded defining of the

discourse genre and the roles of participants.

Nowadays, in spite of the inevitable criticism of available methods, techniques or resources,

speaking is generally perceived as the most fundamental skill to acquire. Since the onset of

the communicative era it has been treated as the ultimate goal of language training and its

proper development has become the focus of attention of both teachers and learners.

However, it is also a commonly recognized fact that achieving proficiency in foreign

language speaking in classroom conditions is not an easy task. Even advanced learners often

finish a language course with the conviction that they are not sufficiently prepared for

speaking beyond the classroom. This difficulty results basically from the character and

inadequate frequency of speaking opportunities in the classroom in comparison to the

abundance of natural varieties and genres of oral communication. In fact, selecting the most

appropriate types of spoken discourse for classroom practice in a particular language course

is a very hard decision which, unfortunately, hardly ever reflects the natural occurrence and

distribution of communicative situations.

The position of speakers in linguistics has evolved over the centuries, although in the method

of grammar and translation he did not put so much emphasis on it, but even the direct method

that made it a primary skill, the communicative teaching of language. Language added the

realistic part to the discourse in oral teaching in classrooms using daily living in real

situations.
11) (Hobz, 2018) identifies a number of features that come into play to make speaking

challenging. The first reason why it is difficult for learners to learn how to speak a foreign or

second language is that they are not familiar with reduced speech or have not had enough

practice with reduced forms, such as contractions, vowel reduction weak form, and elision,

etc. Thus, students need to be exposed to natural speech through listening; otherwise, they

will retain their formal-sounding full forms. Students need not only have listening integrated,

but also should practice orally through role plays, class discussions, simulations, and debates,

etc. Similarly, the official contend that students need to have enough practice with what is

called ‘clustering’ (i.e. fluent speech organized in chunks/phrases rather than in words), as

well as with proper use of idiomatic expressions. Another aspect of difficulty relates to

pronunciation. Students need to learn about stress, intonation and rhythm. A third aspect of

difficulty is the fact that speaking often presupposes more than one speaker. Interaction needs

to be accomplished with at least one other speaker, thus requiring the learner, as contended

to make use of a number of strategies, such as monitoring, receiving and interpreting

feedback, sending messages and adapting them accordingly, avoiding topics, clarifying,

questioning, restating, listening, seeking information, seeking help, evaluating one’s

contribution to the communication act, modifying that contribution to enhance

comprehensibility, and monitoring its effect. Therefore, learners need to be trained to deal

with the instantaneous demands of spontaneous communication.

The important thing is to identify a series of characteristics that come into play and make

speech a challenge for students, students must enter into the nature of the language in a way

that they do so in discussions, conversations with another classmate, try to make them think
in real life situations, starting with learning the pronunciation, intonation of each sentence,

as well as listening to conversations, receiving messages, sending, etc.

Methodology

Among the fundamental means of human communication is oral language. In the

development of oral language, oral expression plays an important role, which contemplates

a set of techniques that determine the general guidelines that must be followed to

communicate orally effectively, that is, it is the way to express what is thought without

obstacles. Because it is used daily, most people do not give language the importance it has in

every way, so many times, it is used incorrectly. Sometimes they do not realize that it is

susceptible to continuous improvement, using systematic, oriented and conscious practice.

So it is essential for educators the development of oral expression in students because we live

talking, requesting and giving information, reviewing, discussing, commenting, talking.

Through oral communication, the elementary needs of the human being are met, both

material and spiritual. For students who learn a language, oral expression is one of the most

difficult skills. Students generally always have different deficiencies such as organizing and

structuring the discourse in a coherent way (in chronological order), clearly exposing which

are the main ideas and which secondary ones transmit a message fluently (without excessive

hesitation, pauses, false beginnings, correction: phonetics, grammar and lexical and

precision: conceptual, lexical), adapt to the situation in which the discourse develops (Tone,

registration, theme, clarify, expand, summarize, value. Therefore, in education you should

use a very varied, motivating and participatory teaching, for this it is very necessary, use

different styles as a means of teaching the English language since it plays an important role

in the class process. The use of songs allows the student to relax, be interested and familiarize
with the language, at the same time stimulates the discrimination; In the background while

working, better results are achieved in his work and discipline, this also serves to mark a

change of activity and make the class more enjoyable and fun. The methodological strategy

based on music and films to develop oral comprehension in English is a current topic since

the importance of communication is of such magnitude that the history of human life would

not have occurred without language; There would have been no possibility of memory,

relationships, societies, there would be no humanity, as we know it, it is vitally necessary to

study individuals in their role as speakers of a language. Among the different skills that are

handled in the learning of the English language is that of “speaking” which in Spanish is

translated as “oral comprehension”, which is a very important part of the communication

process in which we are constantly involved in our society. It is worth mentioning that this

ability cannot be separated from the other skills involved in the teaching of languages such

as listening, which is a very good skill that it does when listening is effective, writing, which

makes us enhance our writing, reading, makes our reading more effective and understandable

since there is always a close relationship between them. David Nunan (1995) in his book

"New Ways of Teaching English" refers to the importance of communicative ability in

language teaching, saying that ´´Oral comprehension is vital in the classroom because it

provides input to students. Access to native language speakers is essential since students must

interact to understand what is expressed. In addition, the failure of students to understand the

language they study is an incentive, not an obstacle, to interaction and learning, authentic

spoken language presents a challenge for students to try to understand the language that

native speakers really use. Oral comprehension exercises that provide teachers with the

means to attract the attention of their students to new forms (vocabulary, grammar, new

interaction patterns) of the language. Oral communicative quality is essential for the best
relationship of people who speak the English language. In English language schools in the

world, emphasis is placed. Therefore, the quality of oral communication skills, the same ones

that do not become alone, but on the basis of increasingly precise and appropriate techniques.

In that context, the success in learning the English language depends not only on having

specialized teachers, in constant improvement, but on the application of appropriate

methodological strategic strategies, together with the management of material resources for

the implementation of state-of-the-art laboratories. If the application of appropriate

techniques, which are varied and adaptable to many cases, do not work or simply do not

apply, there will be no good management of oral communication skills and teaching will be

done halfway. The new methodological strategies give opportunities for them to even adapt

them to favor the student as he learns best. The different social situations, the ages and the

environment in which the learning of young students develops, the innovative forms of self-

learning, are the opportunities that the student has, this indicates that it is a weakness to

continue with the traditionalist teaching of the classroom, the board and the book, processes

that for today's youth have been left behind. The application of appropriate techniques leads

to the implementation of adequate learning styles, in which the student has the opportunity

to develop their intellectual abilities in an inclusive way, depending on their own

characteristics, to achieve effective instruction. There is no pure or unique style, the need of

each person is different therefore the interest in learning is also different, the styles are several

but there is always one predominant. The strategies are linked to the learning style that is

used, for this reason each style needs a different strategy. One of the most exciting and best

founded theories that have appeared in recent years is the Theory of Multiple Intelligence of

Howard Gardner, which defines intelligence as the set of capabilities that allows us to solve

problems or manufacture valuable products in our culture.


Secondary school is that stage where learning challenges are greater for young people; many

adolescents have difficulties learning English, especially in one of the skills of great

importance such as speaking in secondary school, as well as mathematics among those that

stand out the most.

Among the main deficiencies are finding: not having specialized or high-level teachers,

developing inadequate methodologies for teaching the speaking of this language, using

materials

Outdated and alien to the culture of the students in addition to taking English as a Content of

the curriculum and not as a means of communication and the ineffectiveness in the

investment of resources by the State together with the erroneous idea that only with

increasing the hourly intensity of the classes is sufficient to achieve the development of

speaking, this without counting the number of students per group and the tension emotional

life inside the classroom. as well as the obsolete practices in the classroom, the lack of

transversality with the other subjects and not using technological resources appropriately.

It would be very useful for teachers to let you know how important the English language is

today in this new globalization. Since when a person sees new knowledge useful for his

practical life In addition to receiving adequate pedagogical education, having an environment

of learning and appropriate context is more likely to achieve a successful learning than when

it is, from their perspective, uninteresting or that the way in which it is taught ineffective or

insufficient. If so, it can be deduced In general, there are many factors that affect a low level

or a minimum or non-learning, among the most discussed methodologies can be found


obsolete, lack of adequate resources, classes with groups too numerous and/or with unequal

levels of knowledge of the language, which can produce apathy, boredom, loss of interest,

insecurity among others, The important thing is to propose strategies based mainly on the

training of teachers of English with training, both with the implementation of pedagogical

models, study plans and adequate materials, such as the effectiveness of the hours/class

among others, The important thing is to propose strategies based mainly on the training of

teachers of English with training, both with the implementation of pedagogical models, study

plans and adequate materials, such as the effectiveness of the hours/class among others.

An article by the teacher Gloria García Galindo entitled “The anxiety before learning a

foreign language” in which he assures that the effectiveness in learning a language is directly

related to the emotional aspects that surround said learning and not only with cognitive or

pedagogical. An imbalance in this aspect can generate high levels of anxiety, which poorly

worked, directly affect the acquisition of a foreign language, especially in the communicative

processes that develop speaking skills. The expert mentions that the teacher, as one of the

main promoters of motivation or anxiety in the classroom, it is up to you to work to create

an adequate pedagogical sphere, minimize stress factors and promote a communicative

teaching environment; must also create an environment in which high self-esteem is raised,

low general anxiety level, emphasizing the intrinsic value of learning a foreign language;

positively value cooperative learning, promote a high willingness to communicate in the

second language, and promote a level of decision-making risks that contribute to domain

satisfaction, among others.


In which is one of the points that we raise in our work, we have the problem of the

methodology used in secondary schools that one of the important points to be implemented

are tics.

The presence of Information and Communication Technologies (TIC) in the Education of the

21st century is a reality that brings with it a series of challenges for both educators and

learners; However, the advantages and the benefits of exploiting TIC in the teaching process-

learning are incalculable and, faced with such a perspective, teachers and pedagogues we

cannot remain indifferent. Since its inception, TIC have opened new ways for teaching and

learning, evidencing its great potential in the possibility of interaction, communication and

access to information.

TICS currently enable the creation of new environments or learning environments, providing

teachers with the opportunity to transform the educational process and improve the quality

of education. In this context, virtual education appears as a modality of flexible training that

allows the student not only to access the information, but also to transmit and produce

knowledge based on data obtained through modern communication networks, without matter

when or where people are involved, which adds richness to the educational process.

In higher education these systems present great opportunities for teachers and, above all, for

students in terms of accessibility, flexibility of time, space, rhythm, schedules, etc. and in

some cost cases (Salinas, 2005). These environments every day acquire more importance,

because to be active in the new social space require new knowledge and skills to be learned

in educational processes. The Network has progressively gone from being a repository of

information to become a social instrument for the elaboration of knowledge (Cabero, 2006).
As Salinas (2005) points out, ICTs offer a range of possibilities through computer-mediated

communication and Introduction virtual training environments for both distance education

and for the face-to-face mode. Both modalities can benefit from communication possibilities

offered by networks and the possibilities of multimedia systems, without forgetting that these

new environments of learning require new approaches to understand them, design them and

manage them, because their use affects all the elements of the teaching process (teachers,

students, content, media, etc.).

In the methodology we have to take into account the use of a diversity of resources and tools

that allow the student to relate the information with his previous knowledge and thus generate

new knowledge, thus assuming an active role throughout the learning process.

With regard to mining, they must promote innovative experiences in teaching-learning

processes, supported by ICT, making emphasis on teaching, on changes in teaching strategies

of teachers, in communication systems and distribution of materials of learning, that is, in

the processes of teaching innovation instead of emphasize the potential of technology.

Undoubtedly, the integration of ICTs also involves costs and problems, but the change is

absolutely essential, since we are in a new era in which ICTs become a powerful instrument

and versatile that allow the development of new skills and ways of construction of

knowledge.

A methodology that develops an organized pedagogical system, mediated by different

resources didactic and technological in which the student can strengthen the self-learning,

cooperative learning, interpersonal communication, initiative, personal responsibility, self-

esteem and motivation, in a environment in which family, work and study interact. this due
to the new pedagogical and didactic paradigms that promote the use of Information and

Communication Technologies in teaching.

The methodological part is as important as the use of didactic materials to be able to develop

speaking in secondary school students. In this idea Otto(2000) advierte que en la era de la

globalización, el inglés es la gran lengua internacional, una “lingua franca” que cada día se

emplea más en casi todas las áreas del conocimiento y desarrollo humano. El 80% de toda la

información en las computadoras del mundo está en inglés y el 60% de los artículos en

revistas científicas están también en inglés.

The English language teaching advantages of having the ability to understand, speak and

write the English language are innumerable, among which the following stand out: increase

cooperation between countries and universities through scholarships, access to research and

development projects, international events, development of companies, the rise of tourism,

having access to the information that find in this language such as: articles, magazines, books,

videos, courses, among others. Its possession can no longer be treated as a luxury, but rather

is an obvious need. Moreover, it is even said that whoever does not master this language

would be at a clear disadvantage.

Speaking English is, today, an essential part of comprehensive training of a person inserted

in a world whose borders are crossed continually. Current academic and personal training

requires that a individual can relate to other societies to have access to the knowledge

development and discussion of ideas; this way, you can confront their positions and define

their insertion in the world. It is the task of the English teacher communicate it to their

students in this way, so that in the difference of cultures are enhanced and appreciate the

advantages of their own over the external one. In addition, it is important that as teachers we
motivate the student letting you know the usefulness of learning English for your future

education or employment, since the students' perception of the usefulness of a language is a

motivating factor for learning (Eurydice Spain-REDIE, 2014).

All this is developed by addressing two essential points for the speaking of the students,

The two basic oral skills are:

• Listening comprehension

It is an interactive process that consists of perceiving and constructing messages through a

number of cognitive and affective mechanisms. Is essential understand what others say in

order to answer or respond to another person? Despite its importance, in the past listening

comprehension was normally neglected in foreign language teaching until that the

communicative approach made the teachers understand the importance of this basic language

skill.

• Oral expression

English language teaching From a Communicative Approach, "auditory" and "oral" skills

are closely related. The acquisition of oral skills is a gradual and directed process, in which

the student practices the language in a through discussions, conversations, or other strategies

that motivate you to express themselves orally. The communicative approach has put the

ability oral as the most important objective in the process of teaching- learning a foreign

language to be able to communicate as well as possible with the native and the non-native of

the English language. However, the acquisition of this skill is very difficult and demanding,

so many apprentices feel discouraged after some time of studying the language.
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES

The meaning of didactic educational resources has been called in various ways, such as:

didactic aids, didactic resources, and educational means. According to Morales (2012), a

didactic resource is understood as the set of material means that intervene and facilitate the

teaching-learning process. These materials can be both physical and virtual, assumed as a

condition, arouse the interest of students, adapt to their physical and mental characteristics,

in addition to facilitating the teaching activity by serving as a guide; As they have the great

virtue of adapting to any type of content.

The importance of the didactic material lies in the influence that the stimuli to the sensory

organs exert on the learner, that is, it puts them in contact with the object of learning, either

directly or indirectly stimulating the sensation.

The functions that the didactic resources have must take into account the group to which it is

directed, with the purpose that this resource is really useful. Among the functions of teaching

resources are: a) provide information, b) meet an objective, c) guide the teaching and learning

process, d) contextualize students, e) facilitate communication between teachers and

students, f ) bring ideas closer to the senses, g) motivate students.

The didactic material is usually used as a link or element of union between the teacher and/or

student and reality. Ideally, all teaching and learning should be carried out in contact with

real life, but it is not always possible or advisable and therefore we resort to a series of means,

resources or materials that serve as a bridge between what what is taught and learned and the
real world. For this reason, the didactic material replaces the reality and tries to represent it

in the best possible way, facilitating its objectification (Nerici, 1973). Specialists in this field

use a variety of terminology to referred to the materials. There are those who speak of

"means" or "teaching resources", "aids didactics”, “educational means”, “didactic material”

or “curricular material”.

It can be seen that some of these means are purely visual or auditory, but others integrate

images and sound. There are media that, by their nature, require a passive attitude on the part

of the students, but others are interactive and require more activity and participation. And,

finally, there are other means that put the student in contact with the reality as it happens

when they travel and interact with native English speakers. Edgard Dale (1964) elaborated

many years ago a "cone of experience" to illustrate the sequence from the most abstract

means of teaching and learning to the more direct and experiential. At the vertex of the cone

Dale places the oral symbols, which it would be the purely verbal teaching. Visual symbols

follow; still images, radio and recordings; filming and TV; the exhibitions; visits and

excursions; the demonstrations; dramatizations and simulations, and finally, direct

experience with the reality. It is obvious that, in Dale's cone, as means and resources move

away from the apex and closer to the base, they are more intuitive, real and effective for

learning.

Solution

According to Thornbury (2007: 40), the process of developing speaking skills consists of

three stages:
• Awareness – learners are made aware of features of target language

knowledge, appropriation – these features are integrated into their existing

knowledge-base,

• Autonomy – learners develop the capacity to mobilize these features under

real-time conditions without assistance.

It seems that at the advanced level of foreign language proficiency students and teachers’

efforts should be focused on the stage of appropriation and its effective movement towards

autonomy in target language use. For that purpose they need a range of speaking tasks that

encourage a considerable degree of independence by relying on extensive oral practice

(treated as a source of meaningful input and feedback) mainly in the form of student

interactions. The speaking activities presented below take into account the above

assumptions.

Conversations in foreign language classrooms are considered to be not the result of language

learning but rather the context in which learning actually occurs (Thornbury 2007). On the

other hand, it is not easy to incorporate meaningful conversational interactions into a planned

lesson as casual conversation is, by its very nature, spontaneous and unstructured. It becomes

easier when conversation activities are based on a set of selected themes which are previously

negotiated with learners. Useful conversational routines (opening and closing formulas,

interrupting, asking for clarification) and helpful communication strategies (paraphrasing and

reformulating, using vague language and hesitation fillers) should be taught and practiced

beforehand to give students the appropriate devices for successful communication but

elements of personalization should be given an equally important status.


Conversation activities may proceed from more controlled ones, in which the language is

limited by instructions, through awareness activities which make use of audiovisual

materials, fluency practice, to feedback sessions during which students analyse their own

interactions (Nolasco and Arthur 1987). Interviews are demanding tasks in the sense that they

require from the interviewer some preparation in the form of research, the selection of

relevant questions and the prior analysis of native speaker interviews so as to properly

evaluate both the questions and the elicited information (Dakowska 2005: 245).

A class survey is a version of a collaborative interview which, if properly carried out, may

engage a large group of students in a communicative taskbased activity. Learners prepare a

set of survey-type questions connected with a particular topic and they mill around in the

classroom, asking the questions and noting the answers. Next, they return to their original

groups to analyse the findings which are later reported to the class by a group spokesperson.

Finally, the class decides whether the original claim put forward by the group is justified or

not (Thornbury 2007: 83).

The ability to speak has been very difficult for students. Currently, high school does not share

authentic materials implemented the ability to speak. Teachers do not apply technology as a

necessary tool to achieve this macro ability. Therefore this problem continues in the students.

It seems clear that the introduction of new technologies in our lives is revolutionizing the

world of education and, with all certainty, in the near future the teaching of languages will

be different from what we have today. The incorporation of the digital whiteboard, computers

or tablets for each student seems to be a reality, although the current crisis situation is

delaying its implementation. In the secondary classrooms, the exercises that are generally

performed in class as far as oral skills are concerned are those that involve Face-Toface
Interaction, that is, those that involve students, the teacher and the context is the class.

However, the "new" technologies give the teacher the opportunity to innovate when teaching,

as Mark Levy (2009) points out in his article "Technologies in Use for Second Language

Learning"

Skype since the use of the Internet was introduced on a daily basis. Exchanges with speakers

from other countries became common. What was done before by letter (Penfriend) is now

done through email or social networks such as the one that until now is the best known

worldwide such as Facebook. The use of programs that allow oral communication in real

time is already a reality. There are several programs whose main function is to make video

calls. Of all of them the best known is the Skype. This software was designed in 2003 by

Janus Friis and Niklas Zennström. The program allows you to make calls or video calls in

real time to any part of the world for free. This tool gives foreign language teachers an

opportunity to bring students a more real communication than they normally have in class.

In addition, it is a way of making the class "more real", to bring the real world to class.

Although, in general, in the secondary classrooms, oral skills are still working with the

exercises that involve only the students of the class and the teacher. However, teachers have

at their fingertips this tool that would allow students to expand their knowledge differently.

In addition to real-time exchanges, it provides us with other tools that we can use in class.

One of them is the "videoblogs". These are made up of videos that are arranged

chronologically. Students are used to these types of tools. . In the event that the students were

not familiar with it. If it were not so, that would not represent an obstacle, then, its use is very

simple, there are numerous tutorials on the Internet. The management of the same should not

be a problem for their use in the classroom. This program allows you to upload videos that
students have recorded. When students recorded themselves and listening they should realize

the mistakes they make and thus be able to correct them. The recording technique has already

been used since the use of language laboratories began. However, with the recording of a

video and the use of a videoblog this becomes much more dynamic and current, instead of

being limited to the laboratory. In addition, these exercises can be used to develop self-

criticism, since they themselves can be judged and thus be able to improve.

Digital Posters have been used in foreign language classrooms for a long time. Recall that

one of the main elements of the Suggestopedia method that emerged in 1978 from the hand

of Bulgarian psychiatrist Georgi Lozanov are posters. There are several programs that are on

the Internet for the design of posters, see the Glogster or Wizard, the first one being the one

that allows designing posters that integrate both text and audio or audio. There are numerous

tutorials that are hosted on the Internet where the use of this program appears step by step.

These are in both video format and text document. However, the program is simple to use

and quite intuitive. This tool integrates not only oral skills, but also includes written skills.

With the audio forums, both oral comprehension and oral production are worked on. The

teacher creates a topic of conversation and the students participate in it by sending their own

opinions and comments. Students can also open their own topic of debate. However, students

do not have exclusive access to those issues that the teacher raises, but can access and

participate in anyone who is already open, being able to interact with people from different

parts of the world. With the Audio Forum students are subjected to less pressure than with

Skype since it is not a synchronous interaction but diachronic: the task is to record a message

and send it so that other people can hear their comment. The student can record the message

as many times as he deems appropriate until obtaining satisfactory results. Thus, he can
prepare his message in advance, both in the grammatical, phonetic and vocabulary aspect and

make the message correct in these three levels. In addition, stress reduction is evident, since

messages can be heard as many times as necessary.

Conclusions

The acquisition of a second language is an expensive process that, due to its characteristics,

does not follow the same process as the acquisition of L1. The student of a second language

has already passed the "critical period" when we talk about secondary school students

(remember that academics place this period in adolescence) making this task more expensive.

In addition, the student already has a knowledge of their own language that interferes with

the acquisition of L2. As we have seen throughout this work, it is not easy to learn a second

language and even more complicated is to learn and develop oral skills such as oral

compression, oral expression and interaction. As J. Scott Payne and Paul J. Whitney (2002)

points out in their article “Developing L2 Oral Proficiency Through Synchronous CMC:

Output, Working Memory, and Interlanguage Development”: Conversational Exchange in a

Second Language Requires Interlocutors to Perform a Complex set of cognitive tasks as they

attempt to comprehend language input, relate it to what they know about the target language

and the world, and then make decisions about where the new information should be

incorporated into their existing knowledge base in some manner. The listening exercise

should not only consist of listening to a recording or viewing a video and answering a series

of questions, but, as many academics say, it is advisable to perform exercises before and after

it (pre-listening, listening, post-listening) for this activity to be effective. In addition, it is

convenient to make students aware of their own learning process in order to obtain better

results. One of the main tools that secondary school teachers have to introduce in secondary
school classrooms are information and communication technologies (ICT). In this work we

have mentioned four in particular that are the Skype, the video blog, the digital poster and

the audio forums, aware that this is only a small representation of all the opportunities that

the Internet offers us. As we have seen you can work oral skills in a different way from what

has been done in recent years. A more current way, closer to the students and that with

certainty they will enjoy more. Of course, these tools should not be substitutes for those that

were used and were effective, but a complement. The learning of a language must be

continuous, not only should you work in the classroom. The student must be aware that their

work was going to be what really makes him learn that language. Teachers should be

considered as mere material facilitators, as guides that mark the path by which the student

should therefore go, with only a few hours a week that are dedicated to this subject in the

secondary curriculum is not enough to learn a language. Make it attractive so that the student

ends up enjoying the pleasure of learning and using a language that is not his own is the

teacher's job. With an adequate approach and with the right activities they can get their

students to keep in touch with foreign languages outside the classroom, such as watching

movies or using Skype to be in contact with an English-speaking person. Finally, it is

important to highlight the need to work oral skills in the secondary school classroom since

they are an essential part of language and today they are essential both for studying and for

working. It is the time of teaching foreign languages where teachers have more resources,

therefore, sticking to the textbook is not an appropriate methodology for the times in which

we live. High school teachers must end grammar classes to give way to a more

communicative, more real, and fuller of life learning.


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