Role-play and improving speaking skills among bachillerato students at a public institution in Loja city. School year 2022-2023. Juego de roles y mejora de la expresión oral en los estudiantes de bachillerato de una institución pública de la ciudad de Loja. Año escolar 2022-2023.

Speaking is one of the most important English language skills since it allows for a fruitful conversation with native or non-native speakers. Speaking contains some pivotal components such as pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, and fluency. Thus, this study aims to identify the impact of role-play as a strategy to improve English speaking skills among Bachillerato students at a Public Institution in Loja city. The method was a mixed method since it includes quantitative and qualitative data, so the instruments were a pretest, posttest, and questionnaire which were administered to the participants of the second year of Bachillerato. In this research study, the researcher used statistical descriptive and thematic analysis to analyze the obtained information in the instruments that allowed answering the two established sub-questions. The action research was carried out by using the Gerald’s model stages which are diagnosing, action planning, acting, evaluating, and reflecting. The pretest and posttest findings revealed that students improved pronunciation and vocabulary rather than grammar, discourse management (relevance, coherence, and cohesion) and interactive communication (fluency) by implementing role-play activities. Pronunciation raised 1.38 out of 2 compared to 0.61 out of 2 at the beginning, and vocabulary went up to 0.95 out of 2 from 0.51 out of 2. Grammar increased 0,68/2 and discourse management upsurged 0,73 out of 2, both from 0,40/2 at the beginning. Interactive communication uplifted from 0,45/2 to 0,91/2. Finally, the results of the questionnaire displayed that students enhanced more in vocabulary and pronunciation by using fully scripted and semi-scripted role plays. Therefore, the researcher concluded that the appropriate use of role-plays had a positive impact on the improvement of students' speaking skills. Keywords: Pronunciation, role-plays, speaking skills, vocabulary.

• Váldodahkki: Rivera Berru, Mayra Katherine (author)
• Materiálatiipa: bachelorThesis
• Giella: spa
• Almmustuhtton: 2023
• Fáttát: <JUEGO DE ROLES><EXPRESIÓN ORAL DE LOS ESTUDIANTES> <IDIOMA INGLÉS>
• Liŋkkat: https://dspace.unl.edu.ec/jspui/handle/123456789/26772