Assesing Speaking Skills through the Implementation of TBLA in a Group of Second Graders

ABSTRACT: This action research explored the usefulness of implementing Task-based Language Assessment (TBLA) to help assess second graders’ speaking skills at a public school in Medellin. To do this, I designed and implemented a task about food to help students do an oral presentation about their likes and dislikes, and thus assessing their speaking skills. Data collection of this project included interviews, a survey, journals, and students’ artifacts. Findings showed that TBLA helped the students to have a better performance in their task since they were able to connect the different topics and be more prepared to face the final assessment. Furthermore, group work was a meaningful strategy for students to gain confidence during the development of the task.

• Autores: Rodríguez Arias, Lina Marcela
• Tipo de recurso: Trabajo de grado de pregrado
• Fecha de publicación: 2018
• Institución: Universidad de Antioquia
• Repositorio: Repositorio UdeA
• Idioma: eng
• OAI Identifier: oai:bibliotecadigital.udea.edu.co:10495/10726
• Acceso en línea: http://hdl.handle.net/10495/10726
• Palabra clave: Expresión oral; Oral expression; Trabajo en equipo; Group work; Communication skills; Habilidades de comunicación; Aprendizaje basado en tareas; http://vocabularies.unesco.org/thesaurus/concept10648
• Rights: openAccess
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/co/