Encouraging teenagers to improve speaking skills through games in a colombian public school

Our project was implemented with tenth grade students of a public school located in the Usme Zone in Bogotá. We decided to develop this action research project because we were concerned about our students’ difficulties when attempting to speak English. They felt inhibited with activities that involv...

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Autores:: Urrutia León, William
Vega Cely, Esperanza

Tipo de recurso:: Article of journal

Fecha de publicación:: 2010

Institución:: Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Repositorio:: Universidad Nacional de Colombia

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Encouraging teenagers to improve speaking skills through games in a colombian public school

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