Let's Play It! Improving First Graders' Oral and Listening Skills through Songs and Videos

ABSTRACT: This action research project aimed to explore the usefulness of implementing songs, videos and Total Physical Response (TPR) instruction to enhance oral and listening skills of first-grade students at a public school in Medellin. Data collection instruments used in this project included te...

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Autores:
Medina Mira, Yeison Adrián
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:10495/10696
Acceso en línea:
http://hdl.handle.net/10495/10696
Palabra clave:
Enseñanza de idiomas
Language instruction
Inglés - Enseñanza
English language - study and teaching
Aptitud verbal
Verbal ability
Canciones (método de enseñanza)
http://vocabularies.unesco.org/thesaurus/concept59
Rights
openAccess
License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/co/
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Summary:ABSTRACT: This action research project aimed to explore the usefulness of implementing songs, videos and Total Physical Response (TPR) instruction to enhance oral and listening skills of first-grade students at a public school in Medellin. Data collection instruments used in this project included teacher journals, two surveys and students’ artifacts. In general, data suggest that students gained confidence to pronounce English words in class, their oral and listening skills improved significantly during the implementation, their interest and motivation on the different topics increased, and their engagement in classroom activities was enhanced.