How Can Cooperative Learning Lead EFL Sixth Graders to Use English Orally?

ABSTRACT: This action research project was developed with 31 EFL sixth graders at a private school in Colombia. It aimed to analyze if cooperative learning could lead students to use English orally. The jigsaw was used for 3 weeks with different stories. Data gathered were from class observations, s...

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Autores:
Agudelo Díaz, Mónica Alejandra
Tipo de recurso:
Trabajo de grado de pregrado
Fecha de publicación:
2016
Institución:
Universidad de Antioquia
Repositorio:
Repositorio UdeA
Idioma:
eng
OAI Identifier:
oai:bibliotecadigital.udea.edu.co:10495/10685
Acceso en línea:
http://hdl.handle.net/10495/10685
Palabra clave:
Enseñanza de idiomas
Language instruction
Lenguaje hablado
Spoken language
Aprendizaje
Learning
Aprendizaje cooperativo
Lengua inglesa - Enseñanza
http://vocabularies.unesco.org/thesaurus/concept59
http://vocabularies.unesco.org/thesaurus/concept13199
http://vocabularies.unesco.org/thesaurus/concept5
Rights
openAccess
License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/co/
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Summary:ABSTRACT: This action research project was developed with 31 EFL sixth graders at a private school in Colombia. It aimed to analyze if cooperative learning could lead students to use English orally. The jigsaw was used for 3 weeks with different stories. Data gathered were from class observations, students’ self-evaluations and surveys, and a teacher journal. Findings showed that students used English in different ways and they felt more comfortable. Factors helping them were adopting new roles, using Spanish before English for comprehension and production, and having direct teacher and university advisor intervention to check understanding and to encourage use English. Difficulties were related to increased noise and an unequal distribution of material in larger groups.