Influence of Self-Assessment in Developing Speaking Skills

Speaking may be the most essential skill when learning a language and is also the most difficult to teach or acquire (Burns, 1998). Helping students develop their speaking abilities to communicate in a foreign language is challenging for teachers, especially when the learners' exposure and interaction with the language happen only at school. English is considered a foreign language in Ecuador; thus, it is taught in schools, institutes, and higher education. However, according to Castillo (2021), "Ecuador remains one of the two countries in Latin America with the worst level of proficiency in the English language, only above Mexico" (par. 1). Students from tenth grade usually do not develop the speaking skills needed to start the first year of high school. That happens because oral interaction is one of the least accomplished skills due to the lack of correct approaches and authentic practice in and outside the classroom. Therefore, to improve learners’ pronunciation, fluency, vocabulary, and oral interaction, the design and application of innovation were proposed to enhance students’ spoken abilities using self-assessment. Therefore, the students were trained to become familiar with self-assessment as a strategy that permits them to participate in their learning process. The project's purpose was to measure the influence of self-assessment in developing speaking skills. For that reason, a lesson plan was designed with a specific topic. Students had to describe future plans using the present continuous with appropriate vocabulary, correct grammar, and intelligible pronunciation. The participants employed checklists to self-evaluate their progress. Finally, the study's results compared students' pre- and post-test performance

• Үндсэн зохиолч: Espinoza Zambrano, María Carolina (author)
• Формат: masterThesis
• Хэл сонгох: spa
• Хэвлэсэн: 2022
• Нөхцлүүд: TESIS DE MAESTRÍA; DEVELOPING SPEAKING SKILLS; INFLUENCE OF SELF-ASSESSMENT
• Онлайн хандалт: http://dspace.casagrande.edu.ec:8080/handle/ucasagrande/3474